energy efficiency
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15.10.2020Climate Change | energy efficiency | Housing | low carbon | West Midlands | west midlands combined authority | WMCA
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has set up a task force to help the region ‘accelerate’ the construction of low-carbon homes that are energy efficient.
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08.07.2020Coronavirus | Economic Growth | energy efficiency | green jobs | green recovery | Policy & Politics | Rishi Sunak | stamp duty | stamp duty land tax | UK
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £2 billion Green Homes Grant as part of his plan to protect jobs and prevent spiralling unemployment as the UK recovers from the effects of Covid-19.
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29.05.2020
The government must make a step-change in policies for decarbonising the UK’s existing housing stock as part of a resilient recovery from Covid-19.
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22.05.2020
An inspector has refused plans to install 18 solar panels on a grade II listed home, noting that the energy inefficiency of listed buildings must be balanced against the ‘non-monetary benefits’ of occupying...
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22.05.2020
Plans to extend an East London hotel and ‘tidy’ its ‘less than ideal’ frontage have been rejected by an inspector, who noted ‘understandable disappointment’ that there were no plans to demolish the building...
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15.05.2020care | change of use | Community Engagement | community facility | Community Infrastructure | conservation area | Design | energy efficiency | Environmental | green space | Heritage | NPPF | Regeneration | Rural | SSSI | UK | Water & Marine
A round-up of planning appeals: 8 May-15 May, 2020
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15.05.2020
Plans to improve the insulation of a glazed conservatory to a bungalow in the New Forest would not amount to an extension, an inspector has ruled, after finding no ‘thermal separation’ between the two....
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10.01.2020
A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 4 January-10 January, 2020
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10.01.2020
The Scottish Government has announced that building regulations are set to be changed so all that new homes use renewable or low-carbon heating from 2024.
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30.08.2019
The Scottish Government has been urged to facilitate regional land-use plans to maximise the countryside’s role in cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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