You talk about smashing biodiversity. But farmland is often degraded already. A residential development can retain hedgerows, and include plots of land manage

You talk about smashing biodiversity. But farmland is often degraded already. A residential development can retain hedgerows, and include plots of land managed for wildlife. It absolutely can and should improve biodiversity. Also, the idea that Britain has been concreted over is a myth. Urban land barely gets into double digits in most of Britain. We have lots of golf courses though.