'Homes for Nature': Housebuilders promise bird-nesting bricks and hedgehog highways in new homes

Cecilia Keating
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Voluntary commitment signed by 20 major developers could see nature-friendly measures become the norm in new developments

More than 20 of the UK's largest homebuilding companies have signed a voluntary commitment to install bird-nesting bricks and create hedgehog highways on all new developments. The Homes for Nature commitment,...

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