14 June 2010
We have heard from politicians recently about the economy, immigration, defence and tax. However there has been very little discussion...
10 June 2010
A 150 year-old coach house turned into a luxury accommodation, leisure and conference complex has scooped a prestigious design award...
22 March 2010
The by-product of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is a nutrient rich ‘digestate’ which is used as a fertiliser for agricultural crops....
17 March 2010
Historically, managing vegetation was purely an operational issue. But as progressive legislative changes have come into act and momentum has...
02 March 2010
What is an acceptable level of localised environmental impact to support renewable energy planning applications? Ray Williams explains why...
24 February 2010
Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues...
11 February 2010
Two important Government announcements were made last week about further support for renewable energy technologies. Both are good news for...
27 January 2010
New planning guidance means it is no longer simply a case of surveying for bat roost sites in buildings and...
07 January 2010
Traffic using the busy port of Heysham in Lancashire has to travel 16 miles along local roads to join the...
27 November 2009
The Met Office Virtual Met Mast™, available from ADAS, is a versatile tool for assisting with the analysis, evaluation and...
25 November 2009
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires all Local Planning Authorities to prepare Local Development Frameworks to replace the...
24 November 2009
The Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act came into force in November 2000 and made provision for the right...
24 November 2009
When house builders Leach Homes began considering a planning application for the construction of a new housing development at Kennett...
24 November 2009
Environmental and ecological surveys were an integral part of the planning application following investigations into the final development phase of...
23 November 2009
Recently, obtaining planning consent has become more difficult due to the fact that planners are required by regulation to request...
01 October 2009
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 requires that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is...
03 September 2009
Local authorities are under pressure from central government to provide sufficient space for housing to meet the country’s growing demand,...
06 April 2009
Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land (Brownfield sites) has recently been included in the new list of UKBAP Priority...