Inspectorate rules that densities achievable on a brownfield site will not be suitable for family homes, but overturns a Council decision that an independent living proposal is over-development
Surprising reaction to Wellbeing Tower in West Bromwich, as Aberdeen brownfields get boost, Fife goes for a CPO and industrial and logistics continues apace in England
Who is responsible for contamination caused by flooding? Lead and Beryllium causes angst in Norfolk, as a closed loop biochar initiative gets backing in Scotland, and who did 80 skeletons with hands tied in Buckinghamshire belong to?
Once operational, NUAR is expected to deliver around £350m/yr in benefits by avoiding accidental asset strikes, improving the efficiency of works and better data sharing
Michael Gove has replaced Robert Jenrick as housing secretary as widespread unofficial reports are claiming that mandatory housing targets and the zonal planning system will be dropped
Combined authorities give generous funding for brownfield, but Bradford ask why Leeds has double the funds, as warehouse permissions proliferate and Build to Rent goes from strength to strength
Leave brownfield alone and ecological gems will come, in Glasgow, as sustainable energy stipulations affect designs and layouts in London and a row bubbling over shipping containers for the homeless in Manchester
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick says councils will determine how to provide the homes they need, with communities having a greater voice from the start of the planning process
The Policy Exchange says every council should prepare a commercial assessment and release land for mixed use regeneration and the government should reform the business rate system
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
