AlexBritton published Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust deals with increasing workload

From housing developments through to conversions of old buildings, there isn't a planning application that doesn't pass through Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust's desk.But their job of protecting nature is becoming a lot more difficult owing to an increasing weight of work.In 2013, the Trust 'screened' 5,716 planning applications to see if they could impact on wildlife, and made 536 comments to councils about them.Last year, the number of applications had shot up to 8,362 (a 46.3 per cent...