Environment
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04.03.2019Climate Change | Climate Change and Land Reform Committee | Committee on Climate Change | Environment | Scotland | Scottish Government
The Scottish Government’s ambition to tackle climate change is welcome, but greater urgency is required to stop global temperatures rising to dangerous levels, a Scottish Parliament committee has said.
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25.10.2018
A planner explains how she would change the Scottish planning system
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09.02.2018conversion | Environment | HDV | Infrastructure - Energy | permitted development | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | stadium | UK | wind farm
A round-up of legal news: 3 February-9 February, 2018
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20.11.2017
The number of homes built in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has increased by 82 per cent in the past five years despite government commitments to maintain their protected status.
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26.04.2017Climate Change | Development Management & Enforcement | Environment | Environmental | flood risk | Food and Rural Affairs Committee | Housing | sustainable drainage | UK
Government’s policies on sustainable drainage are failing to protect communities from flood risk and miss opportunities to improve amenity and the environment, according to MPs.
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24.04.2017Campaigning & Advocacy | Environment | Environmental | environmental lawyers ClientEarth | financial protection | Friends of the Earth | government | green campaigners | James Thornton | Mr Justice Dove | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | RSPB | ruling | UK | Water & Marine
The High Court is fast-tracking a challenge by green campaigners against new environmental justice rules introduced by the government.
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05.03.2017Environment | Environmental | Fracking | Infrastructure - Green | Planning Law | railways | UK | wind farm
A round-up of legal news: 27th February-3rd March 2017
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21.04.2016
The UK’s membership of the EU has been a crucial factor in shaping the nation’s environmental policy for the past 40 years, according to a group of MPs.
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12.02.2016Belfast | Belfast City Council | Environment | Infrastructure | Northern Ireland | RTPI | student accommodation
A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 6 February-12 February, 2016
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08.01.2016civic society | Community Engagement | culture | Cymru | England | Environment | heritage | Northern Ireland | privatisation | Scotland | Social infrastructure | UK
Planning is underpinned by a 'civic ideal', writes Cliff Hague. But it's being diluted by a squeeze on local government. What can planners do to create a new civic culture?
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