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Ireland round-up: 800 fast-track homes mooted for Dublin’s northside; Huge Kildare logistics hub proposed

10.09.2021

Roger Milne

biodiversity | Housing | Ireland | Irish land development agency

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 4 September-10 September, 2021

Appeal: Historic hedgerow stymies Norfolk housing bid

02.09.2021

Simon Wicks

A proposal for 98 homes in rural Norfolk has been rejected by an inspector, in part because it required the partial removal of a nature-rich hedgerow forming an historic boundary to the site.

Government unveils series of revisions to environment bill

31.08.2021

Huw Morris

The government is aiming to strengthen biodiversity targets among a raft of amendments unveiled in its much-delayed environment bill.

RTPI commissions consultancy to probe design codes

25.08.2021

Huw Morris

The RTPI has appointed consultants LDA Design to produce research on how design codes in England can help the government achieve its net-zero targets and tackle the ongoing ecological emergency.

COP26 in The Planner

22.08.2021

The Planner

COP26 – what is it, when is it taking place and why are you reading about it on The Planner website? Read on for answers to...

Government urged to create wilder national parks

09.08.2021

Laura Edgar

Ministers have been urged to show ‘real leadership’ and create wilder national parks where grouse shoots are phased out to improve the health of moorland.

Appeal: No exceptional circumstances to justify 473-home AONB scheme

06.08.2021

Matt Moody

A developer’s plans to build 473 homes in the north-western tip of the High Weald AONB have been blocked by an inspector, who decided that the ‘huge challenges’ the council faced in providing housing were...

Nature tool launched

04.08.2021

Laura Edgar

biodiversity | biodiversity net gain | Environmental | nature | UK

A tool that is intended to help built environment professionals play a greater part in nature recovery and climate resilience has been launched.

News report: The value of restoring nature to brownfield sites

03.08.2021

Laura Edgar

The brownfield versus greenfield question is one that cannot be ignored if species' decline is to be prevented. Laura Edgar reports on striking the balance and making land work hard

Where the river meets the sea: An interview with Kate Willard

29.07.2021

Simon Wicks

Kate Willard is the Thames Estuary Envoy, charged with drawing attention and investment to an ‘underperforming’ location that is more than the sum of its parts. Simon Wicks finds out what how a community...

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