There's obviously a very good argument in the UK that the planning system is broken, and a good chunk of the incoming government's manifesto was an acknowledgem

There's obviously a very good argument in the UK that the planning system is broken, and a good chunk of the incoming government's manifesto was an acknowledgement of that. But perhaps we can agree that while in general we might not need to slowly and expensively ponder every woodland creature when trying to build infrastructure, it's not a bad thing to have some parts of Britain dedicated to rewilding. Besides, it's not infrastructure concerns fighting against that on Dartmoor, it's a complex mix of private landowners (the largest of which is the crown), farmers (many of which have livestock on common land), and ecological jewels like its temperate rainforests. In fact the Dartmoor line, which skirts the national park, reopened in 2021, took less than a year to finish, and came in £10m under budget. Who knew we could build things, eh?