Conservationists opposing plans for a huge theme park south of the Thames, one of two UK homes for a rare jumping spider are waiting for legal protection to be officially declared
The signs are that wildbelts will be included in the Planning Bill whereby landowners would "opt in" to designate their land and receive subsidies in return for rewilding programmes
The Industrial Communities Alliance says due to low land values, private companies don't develop space in the old industrial areas and communities need gap funding and loans to help level up
As councils launch the Black Country Plan with over 7,000 homes on the green belt, West Midland mayor calls for a brownfield review, as towers proposed and rejected and Savills IM gains success with zero carbon industrial development
The Committee on Climate Change has warned progress has fallen short on ensuring suitable building standards and the Planning Bill "misses the powerful opportunity" to ensure developments and infrastructure are compliant with the net zero goal
Councils complain they can't build out or up, as rebel Conservative MPs say they will not accept what is being put forward. There is big trouble brewing.
The initiative includes linking green areas creating grassland and wildflower meadows, building ponds, restoring hedges and planting around 6,000 new trees.
Senior representatives from ten environmental & engineering consultants, remediation contractors and developers discussed the role of the brownfield & regeneration sector in delivering sustainability
Older methods of collecting Volatile Organic Compound soil data are still being accepted by regulators, but soil sampling experts are pushing for increased standards with the use of the new British Standard method
Hydrocarbon storage plans alert regulators, as mixed views emerge on distribution centres, differing fortunes for former coal mining areas, as grants enable developments in Manchester and Liverpool, as Andy Street defends expenses
Significant price increases for materials, problems at ports, and record demand have led to warnings that building projects may be delayed and some firms may shut
Atelier Capital announces bigger reserves for smaller developers, while Northwood secures BTR investment as Hargreaves flags good results, while a loss for U+I
Conservative MPs have been alerted by an analysis, to the potential dangers of many more houses being built on the green belt in Southern England, while MHCLG say the calculations are flawed
Residents uncomfortable about houses planned on a landfill, as housing plans in Bradford and Manchester thrown out, and a couple of famous industrial sites set to be re-developed
Ministry of Defence contractors can commence excavating asbestos and radioactive particles caused by radium coated instruments from World War II planes
Each report explains how the C4SL was derived including an explanation of toxicological decisions and exposure contributions for each land use and pathway, and their use is encouraged by the Environment Agency
The Office for Statistics Regulation has asked the Office for National Statistics to investigate the issue associated with cities with large student populations and change some of its working methods
Our resident brownfield specialist Ian Grant summarises the latest developments in brownfield sites up and down the country with intelligence from Greenland, Knight Frank, MCR Property Group, First Base and many more
Residents express concerns about the clean-up process but the council says there were far more positives because of this development and unanimously backed the scheme
