by Andy | Aug 27, 2015 | Environmental Planning, Guidance, Law and Policy |
Many EIA related decisions have been overturned by the courts due to failure by the Local Planning Authority (LPA) to comply with the procedural requirements of the EIA Regulations[1] . The Regulations are still, however, acknowledged by many planning officers as...
by Andy | Aug 8, 2015 | Law and Policy |
On 6 July 2015 the Planning (Wales) Bill received Royal Assent. The Planning (Wales) Bill The key purposes of the Act are to: Strengthen the plan-led approach to planning. The Bill introduces the National Development Framework for Wales which will set out national...
by Gemma Melvill | Aug 6, 2015 | Landmark, News |
Half way through Landmark’s 30th Anniversary year, July 2015 has certainly been eventful. The drive by the new Government to encourage economic growth by deregulating planning process and altering the thrust of development policy, which we anticipated from...
by Gemma Melvill | Aug 6, 2015 | Landmark, News |
An outbreak of Ash Dieback Disease (Chalara fraxinea) has been confirmed in our area. Worse still, it’s in the Landmark MD’s garden in the Chew Valley south of Bristol. Nick noticed some possible early signs in late May and these became more marked in June. He...
by Andy | Aug 6, 2015 | Climate Change, Environmental Planning, Landscape |
Prior to joining Landmark this summer, our newest recruit to the Landscape Planning team, Morag MacGregor, won the 2014 Landscape Institute Student Travel Award which allowed her to investigate good practice in Green Infrastructure in American cities. Here she shares...
