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Northern Ireland round-up: Go-ahead for Lisburn urban village and mixed-use scheme; 724-bed student scheme proposed near Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter

16.04.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 10 April-16 April, 2021

Ireland round-up: County Clare power plant site set to become a green hub; Co-living project approved for Dublin shopping centre

16.04.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 10 April-16 April, 2021

Appeal: Hotel extension could disrupt wintering seabirds

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked a Sunderland hotel's plan to convert its multi-storey car park into more rooms, citing potential harm to various designated nature conservation sites nearby.

Appeal: Hillside pigeon loft 'caused neighbours distress'

31.01.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a second pigeon loft behind a terrace of homes in the Rhondda Valley, ruling that odour, noise and vermin concerns had 'clearly disturbed' nearby...

Enforcement: Action against national park falconry pens superseded

15.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted permission for two ‘hack pens’ at a falconry breeding business in the New Forest that predates the area’s national park designation, superseding the council’s enforcement notice....

Bird net tweet storm underlines PR value of wildlife care

01.05.2019

Dr David W Smith

Developers should explore all ofther options for working alongisde wildlife before resorting to the controversial practice of netting, says Dr David Smith

'Blue belt' extended as two coastline areas get special marine protection

04.12.2017

Huw Morris

The UK’s 'blue belt' of marine conservation is to be expanded with two coastline areas granted special protection, covering 150,000 rare seabirds.