Land Use Framework

The Land Use Framework for England sets out how we can use our land more effectively.

The government consulted on land use from January to April 2025. This framework incorporates the government’s response to that consultation. You can read a summary of responses to the consultation.

The Framework has 3 sections: 

• a vision for England’s future landscapes, informed by sophisticated land use change analysis 

• a set of principles to inform how decisions are made about land 

• actions we will take to support land use change, in partnership with others  

This is the first Land Use Framework for England. Further iterations will be published. We will update the framework every 5 years to reflect progress and incorporate evolving data and evidence.

Further information

As outlined in the Land Use Framework, we will publish further detail on our land use analysis and related information as part of our ongoing national conversation on land use.

You can find further information on the approach that we have taken to our modelling in the Land Use Consultation Analytical Annex.

Our revised analysis incorporates the latest government targets, such as those outlined in the Environmental Improvement Plan and Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, and takes account of related information such as the 30by30 Methodology Note.