green recovery

Government announces cash for 68 green projects

14.12.2020

Laura Edgar

Coronavirus | England | Environmental | green recovery | trees

The government has announced that projects in England seeking to protect landscapes and retain thousands of green jobs will receive a share of nearly £40 million of funding.

Labour urges government to bring forward flooding investment

12.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Ahead of the spending review, the Labour Party has called for the flooding protection investment to be brought forward as part of a wider challenge to the government to ‘Build it in Britain’.

News report: Northern Ireland Planner Live

02.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Launching Northern Ireland Planner Live, Nichola Mallon, infrastructure minister at the Northern Ireland Executive, outlined her commitment to “seizing the opportunities to enable a green cleaner recovery towards a new and better normal for all of us”.

A green light for recovery?

30.07.2020

Huw Morris

The coronavirus pandemic has left the economy in dire need of emergency care. The call for a ’green’ recovery is growing louder, as Huw Morris reports – but is the government listening?

England round-up: Principles identified to build the homes of the future; Government sets out plans to protect properties from flooding

17.07.2020

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 11 July-17 July, 2020

Climate crisis compliance accountability needed

09.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Planning decision-makers should be held to account when it comes to compliance with the climate change duty, according to a new report.

RTPI welcomes Sunak’s intentions for a green recovery

08.07.2020

Laura Edgar

RTPI chief executive Victoria Hill has ‘cautiously’ welcomed the chancellor’s commitments today (8 July) to help the built environment recover from Covid-19, but she argued that ‘strong planning will be needed to maximise all the investment’.

Sunak makes green jobs pledge

08.07.2020

Laura Edgar

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.

Scotland round-up: Planning reporters delivered an improved performance during 2019/20; 800-home scheme approved near Bannockburn

03.07.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 27 June-3 July, 2020

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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.

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