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The local price for a global solution? 02 March 2010

The local price for a global solution?

What is an acceptable level of localised environmental impact to support renewable energy planning applications? Ray Williams explains why planning guidelines for renewable energy infrastructure need to be simplified and argues for an ‘acceptable level of localised environmental impact’ in planning guidance.

Bats in the building
24 November 2009

Bats in the building

Environmental and ecological surveys were an integral part of the planning application following investigations into the final development phase of Chorley Royal Ordnance Factory in Lancashire.

Farm planning advice fast tracking applications
23 November 2009

Farm planning advice fast tracking applications

Recently, obtaining planning consent has become more difficult due to the fact that planners are required by regulation to request more detailed environmental information.

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Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity
24 February 2010

Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity

Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues of our time. The equation is simple: based on population...

Government announces further support for renewable energy technologies
11 February 2010

Government announces further support for renewable energy technologies

Two important Government announcements were made last week about further support for renewable energy technologies. Both are good news for those supporting the development of “green” energy projects in the...

Bats in the Landscape
27 January 2010

Bats in the Landscape

New planning guidance means it is no longer simply a case of surveying for bat roost sites in buildings and trees: planners are now looking for the protection of bats...

Ecological advice to highway planners
07 January 2010

Ecological advice to highway planners

Traffic using the busy port of Heysham in Lancashire has to travel 16 miles along local roads to join the M6. This bottleneck prompted Lancashire County Council to develop plans...

Cost-Effective Wind Farm Site Evaluation
27 November 2009

Cost-Effective Wind Farm Site Evaluation

The Met Office Virtual Met Mast™, available from ADAS, is a versatile tool for assisting with the analysis, evaluation and selection of onshore and offshore UK wind farm sites. It...