EIA Screening – can local effects be ‘significant’?

by Gemma.Admin | June 20th, 2016 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy

If there is any aspect of EIA that keeps lawyers busy, it is EIA Screening.  Although making an application for a Screening Opinion is a straightforward process, there are potential ‘elephant traps’ along the route. They are commonly simple procedural matters,...

Green Belt development – Can we afford the luxury of the Green Belt?

by Gemma.Admin | April 27th, 2016 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has added its voice to the national debate about the future of England’s countryside with fresh research that challenges the Government’s commitment to the Green Belt (Green Belt under siege: 2016). CPRE...

Putting a Price on Ecosystem Services

by Gemma.Admin | March 2nd, 2016 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy

There has been a lot of recent media coverage of the wide range of environmental factors that affect human health, including the urgent need to bring air pollution down to within legal limits and the effect of exposure to urban environments on mental...

Short-sighted Government housing policy will not meet objectives

by Gemma.Admin | February 24th, 2016 | Law and Policy

The National Policy for the Built Environment Committee was appointed on 11 June 2015 to consider the development and implementation of national policy for the built environment.  The function of Lords Select Committees is not to shadow the work of...

Planning permission granted for brownfield solar PV at Snowdown Colliery

by Gemma.Admin | February 4th, 2016 | Landmark, News, Renewable Energy

The Landmark Practice has secured full planning permission for a 5MW solar park at Snowdown Colliery at Aylesham in Kent.  Landmark’s Environmental Planners Bernice Roberts and Gemma Melvill worked with developer BNRG Renewables and Dover District Council to...