Sandra Laville

London, United Kingdom

Senior Correspondent at The Guardian

Sandra Laville, senior correspondent for The Guardian.

Articles

Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

Planning permission for a poultry megafarm in Shropshire has been overturned in a ruling that campaigners have welcomed as a win for rivers. The judgment on Tuesday upheld a judicial review by Dr Alison Caffyn, who argued that Shropshire council had failed to take into account all the environmental impacts of an industrial chicken unit containing 230,000 birds at any one time when it granted planning permission.
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton |Sandra Laville

American-style intensive livestock farms are spreading across Europe, with new data revealing more than 24,000 megafarms across the continent. In the UK alone, there are now 1,824 industrial-scale pig and poultry farms, according to the data obtained by AGtivist that relates to 2023. The countries with the largest number of intensive poultry farm units are France, UK, Germany, Italy and Poland in that order.
Revealed: More than 24,000 factory farms have opened across Europe

2 weeks ago | inkl.com | Sandra Laville |Helena Horton

There has been a rise in large intensive poultry units across Europe, which are a key driver of river pollution. Photograph: John Eveson FLPA/FLPA/Shutterstock American-style intensive livestock farms are spreading across Europe, with new data revealing more than 24,000 megafarms across the continent. In the UK alone, there are now 1,824 industrial-scale pig and poultry farms, according to the data obtained by AGtivist that relates to 2023.
No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion, sources say

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jessica Elgot |Sandra Laville |Kiran Stacey

Downing Street and the Treasury intervened to stop any concessions in the planning bill, after pro-housing MPs voiced anger over a Labour rebel amendment that attempted to strengthen nature protections. The Guardian has been told that ministers drew up amendments to the bill last week in an attempt to head off the anger of wildlife charities and rebel Labour MPs amid a backlash against the bill.
Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Sandra Laville

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Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

Bonuses for 10 water company executives in England, including the boss of Thames Water, will be banned with immediate effect over serious sewage pollution, as part of new powers brought in by the Labour government. The top executives of six water companies who have overseen the most serious pollution events will not receive performance rewards this year, the environment said.
Labour MPs poised to rebel over planning bill amid concerns for nature

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton |Sandra Laville |Patrick Barkham

Labour MPs are planning to rebel over the planning and infrastructure bill after constituents raised concern that it threatens protected habitats and wildlife. The Guardian understands that about two dozen Labour MPs are calling for ministers to force developers to build more than a million homes for which they already have planning permission before pushing through legislation that rolls back environmental protections for the most protected habitats in England.
Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville |Patrick Barkham |Helena Horton

More than 5,000 of England’s most sensitive, rare and protected natural habitats are at high risk of being destroyed by development under Labour’s new planning bill, according to legal analysis of the legislation. The Guardian has examined the threat the bill poses to 5,251 areas known as nature’s “jewels in the crown”, as some of the country’s most respected wildlife charities call for a key part of the bill to be scrapped.
Ten jewels of English nature at risk from development and Labour’s planning bill

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Patrick Barkham |Sandra Laville |Helena Horton

More than 5,000 of the rarest and most precious natural habitats in England are at risk of being destroyed under Labour’s new planning bill, according to legal analysis of the legislation. Here are just 10 irreplaceable wild places currently or recently imperilled by development that are likely to face renewed threats if the current wildlife protections are torn up by the government’s bill. 1.
UK water industry needs ‘fundamental reset’, review finds

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

The “deep-rooted, systemic” problems in the UK water industry are the fault of companies, the government and industry regulators, according to a much-anticipated review, which was immediately criticised for failing to recommend bold action by sewage pollution campaigners.