trees

Government branches out to create tree strategy

22.06.2020

Laura Edgar

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is consulting interested parties on how to ‘accelerate’ tree planting and improve the management of existing trees and woodlands – the results of which will inform an England Tree Strategy.

Appeals round-up: Back-garden skate ramp would disturb relatives next door; Modular beauty pod allowed despite vacant shop units

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 May-12 June, 2020

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Appeal: Tree concerns scupper subterranean Yorkshire eco-home

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for an underground eco-home in the grounds of a 19th century house on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales have been refused by an inspector, who expressed doubts over potential harm to nearby trees....

Changes to Welsh green regulator’s remit announced

15.05.2020

Roger Milne

The Welsh Government has set Natural Resources Wales (NRW) a number of new and repurposed priorities to target renewable energy, flood alleviation, tree planting and biodiversity.

Budget 2020: Government vows to increase tree planting and establish carbon storage sites

11.03.2020

Laura Edgar

The government will plant enough trees to ‘cover an area the size of Birmingham’, according to chancellor Rishi Sunak, as he outlined his first Budget.

Northern Ireland round-up: Environment minister pledges massive tree-planting drive; 300-home Dundonald development approved

06.03.2020

Roger Milne

cycling | Environmental | Northern Ireland | trees

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 29 February-6 March, 2020

NI environment minister pledges massive tree-planting drive

06.03.2020

Roger Milne

Environmental | forest | Northern Ireland | trees | Woodland

Agriculture and environment minister Edwin Poots has announced a programme to plant 18 million trees over the next decade – 10 for every person in Northern Ireland.

Appeal: Improved brownfield scheme rejected for a second time

28.02.2020

Matt Moody

A plan to redevelop a brownfield site in South London to provide nine homes that was dismissed at appeal in 2019 has been rejected again, after an inspector ruled that the altered scheme still did not...

Legal briefs: Swansea illegal tree loppers appeal; Cumbria coal mine challenge

14.02.2020

Roger Milne

Planning Law | Swansea | trees | UK

A round-up of legal news: 8 February-14 February, 2020

Scotland round-up: Pioneering Paisley report points to repurposed high streets; Go-ahead for huge Glasgow Harbour development

31.01.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 25 January-31 January, 2020

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