Land Use in England Committee
Making the most out of England’s land
Report of Session 2022-23 - published 13 December 2022 - HL Paper 105
Contents
Land use challenges and pressures
Figure 1: Land use by land use group: England 2022
Figure 2: Land use cover map 2021
Box 1: Land use challenges and the Foresight Land Use Futures Study
Table 1: Summary of overarching themes
Chapter 2: Land use sectors and their role in a land use framework
Box 2: The Government food strategy
Box 3: Nature and biodiversity provisions in the Environment Act 2021
Box 4: What is Natural Capital?
Box 5: Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS)
Box 6: Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS)
Box 7: Land Use Case Study: South Downs National Park Authority
Box 8: What is Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)?
Tourism, recreation and access to nature
Box 10: Case Study: 8 Hills Countryside Management Project
Chapter 3: Housing and the planning system
Box 11: National and local planning frameworks
The planning system and nature recovery
Box 12: What is green infrastructure?
Strategic planning and cooperation
Chapter 4: The future of land use: multifunctionality and integration of priorities
Box 13: What is multifunctionality?
Multifunctionality in practice
Box 14: Land sharing and land sparing
Chapter 5: A land use framework and a Land Use Commission
Box 15: Land Use Case Study: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
Establishing a Land Use Commission
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: Note of visit to Lickey Hills and Sapperton Wilder
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/583/land-use-in-england-committee/publications/ and
available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.