ancient woodland

Appeal: Museum improvements do not justify ancient woodland loss

20.11.2020

Plans for a new visitor centre at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian have been rejected despite the scheme's various public benefits, after a reporter decided that the loss of 299 trees at the...

Legal briefs: Substitute consent regime ‘incompatible with EU regulations’; Scottish Parliament petitioned over ancient woodland

10.07.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 4 July-10 July, 2020

Appeal: Extant permission does not justify ancient woodland harm

09.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited harm to ancient woodland in refusing permission for a block of flats in Sussex, notwithstanding an extant permission for a hotel at the site that would have the same ‘form and...

Business welcomes certainty over HS2 but environmentalists remain concerned

12.02.2020

Laura Edgar

Business leaders are breathing ‘a sigh of relief’ now the government has given the HS2 rail project the go-ahead, but environmental campaigners are perturbed about the damage the line will cause to nature.

England round-up: Planning system is undermined by deregulation, says TCPA; More than 1,000 ancient woods are under threat

17.01.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 11 January-17 January, 2020

More than 1,000 ancient woods are under threat

15.01.2020

Laura Edgar

New figures have shown that the number of ancient woods under threat in the UK from built development has risen above 1,000 for the first time.

Appeal: Appellant’s claim of traveller discrimination ‘not at all persuasive’

15.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked an application for two bungalows in an ancient woodland clearing in Kent, strongly rejecting the appellant’s suggestion that the council had ‘discriminated against the gypsy...

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One year on: The revised NPPF

27.08.2019

Laura Edgar

Updates to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) were published in July last year. One year on, how are the changes bedding in – and are they making a difference?

Government urged to consider environmental impacts of HS2

19.08.2019

Laura Edgar

The Woodland Trust has called on its supporters to lobby HS2 review chairman Douglas Oakervee, transport secretary Grant Shapps and HS2 minister Paul Maynard to consider evidence concerning the environmental impacts of the project.

NPPF changes not protecting trees

01.08.2019

Laura Edgar

Some local planners are failing to use the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to safeguard trees and ancient woodland, according to the Woodland Trust.

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