biodiversity

Appeal: Lancaster moorings plan rejected for biodiversity and rural harm

04.08.2020

A proposal to create moorings alongside the Lancaster Canal at Carnforth has been dismissed for harming biodiversity, the area’s rural character and appearance of the countryside.

England round-up: Major infrastructure schemes ‘need better coordination’; Deal is agreed on partnership to deliver garden community

31.07.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 25 July-31 July, 2020

Appeal: Landscape-led rethink of Bolton housing scheme wins approval

30.07.2020

Matt Moody

Developer Bellway Homes has won permission to build 167 homes on protected land near Bolton, after persuading an inspector that the plans were ‘materially different’ from an application it made in 2018...

Housebuilder commits to biodiversity strategy

29.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Housebuilder Redrow has launched a ‘Nature for People’ biodiversity strategy, which has been established as part of a long-standing partnership with charity The Wildlife Trusts.

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Regenerate the countryside to regenerate the economy, says CPRE

02.07.2020

Laura Edgar

A countryside charity has called on the government to ensure that everyone has access to green space, after the early period of total lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 highlighted the inequalities surrounding who has access to it.

Warwick planners to pay wildlife group over loss of bat habitat

25.06.2020

Laura Edgar

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has ordered Warwick District Council to pay a local wildlife group £1,000 because it failed to consider properly the effect a development might have on local wildlife when it approved a planning application.

Appeal: 1.3-year housing supply justifies 76 homes in South Wales

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for 76 homes within a designated landscape area and beyond the nearest settlement boundary can go ahead because an inspector considered the council’s ‘serious’ housing shortfall a material...

Appeal: 'Attractive' countryside 'hub for growing business' allowed

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

A branded merchandise business can build a new office in the Essex countryside contrary to local policy, after an inspector ruled that the site's proximity to the A120 meant it was not isolated.

Green bonds proposed in bid to raise £1bn for biodiversity in Scotland

28.05.2020

Roger Milne

biodiversity | Environmental | Scotland | Scottish environment protection agency | Scottish Wildlife Trust

A report that proposes a series of measures to ‘unlock’ £1 billion of new investment for nature conservation in Scotland has been published by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

News in brief: Green building approved in London; Whitehaven regeneration plans set out

27.05.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Wednesday 27 May, 2020

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