trees

02.01.2019

Laura Edgar

Plans to ensure that trees in urban areas receive greater protection have been announced by environment secretary Michael Gove.

Appeal: Risk to high-value tree from MRI unit's concrete platform

28.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a 'concrete pad' to accommodate a mobile MRI scanner at a hospital in Swansea, citing potential harm to the roots of a high-quality yew tree....

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News in brief: Nottingham’s air quality plan approved; 80,000 trees to be planted in London

27.11.2018

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 27 November, 2018

Cardigan Bay, Wales / Shutterstock_482715130

Ambitious Mid Wales rewilding project ruffles feathers

09.11.2018

Roger Milne

ancient woodland | Cymru | Environmental | The Woodland Trust | trees

An ambitious project launched in Mid Wales that aims to restore flourishing ecosystems and a resilient local economy on a scale unparalleled in Britain has ruffled feathers in the farming community.

Appeal: South London flats would be inaccessible to emergency services

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

access | Environmental | living conditions | London | trees

An inspector has blocked plans for four flats on a ‘landlocked’ site behind existing housing in Tulse Hill, because it would have unacceptable emergency access.

Appeal: ‘Winter gardens’ would create unacceptable living conditions

06.08.2018

Matt Moody

Cymru | Design | Housing | housing design | trees

Plans for a residential scheme in Cardiff comprising 18 affordable flats have been refused, after an inspector took issue with the scheme’s glazed balcony ‘winter gardens’.

Appeals round-up: Protected trees to make way for Wrexham housing scheme; Business use preferred to continuation of community centre

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 June-6 July, 2018

Appeal: Protected trees to make way for Wrexham housing scheme

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved the removal of two ‘declining’ protected trees in North Wales to make way for 22 homes, in light of the council’s housing supply shortfall.

Latest Welsh tree strategy calls for greater cover

29.06.2018

Roger Milne

Cymru | Environmental | Hannah Blythyn | trees

Woodland cover across Wales should increase by at least 2,000 hectares each year from 2020 to 2030, according to the country’s latest updated tree strategy published this week by environment minister Hannah Blythyn.

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HS2 plans to build a green corridor alongside railway

25.06.2018

Laura Edgar

England | Environmental | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport | trees

HS2 Ltd has announced its plans to deliver a green corridor comprising new wildlife habitats, native woodlands and community landscapes alongside the High Speed 2 route.

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