New hope for Dungeness  

On Tuesday George Osborne announced that there would be a review of the way in which the European habitats regulations are interpreted and implemented in the UK. It was the over zealous interpretation of these regulations that led to Dungeness missing out on being included on the Government’s list of sites preferred for new nuclear power stations. I hope that any review of these regulations may help the case for a new power station at Dungeness, and I have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to underline this point. I have included the full text of my letter below. Dear Chancellor I write following your Autumn Statement today, which I very much welcome, in which you said that, “we will make sure that gold plating of EU rules on things like Habitats aren’t placing ridiculous costs on British businesses”. The interpretation of the European habitats regulations has had a significant...