The Seabank Community Wind Scheme was a finalist in the Community Led Placemaking Award in the Planning Awards 2021. Whilst we firmly believe that this scheme should be a winner (we may be a little biassed), we are pleased to see that it received a High Commendation...
Earlier this summer Ambition Lawrence Weston (ALW) a resident-led charity and company received planning approval for a new community wind turbine at Severn Road, Bristol via their development company Ambition Community Energy C.I.C (ACE) led by project team David...
The Landmark Practice, as part of a team with Regen, Pell Frischmann and the University of the West of England, was commissioned earlier this year by The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) SW to undertake research on planning for a smart energy future. The purpose...
The European Court of Justice (CECJ) issued a ruling in April on a dispute concerning the impact on freshwater pearl mussel of a proposed electricity cable serving a wind farm in the Republic of Ireland. The ECJ ruling on this seemingly esoteric case has caused a...
There was much discussion about the EIA Regulations last year. Amendments to the European Directive, intended to ‘simplify and harmonise’ procedures were discussed and debated and finally drawn down, for England, into the 2017 EIA Regulations (The Town and...
A masterplan is a critical tool for any development, whether at the level of an individual site or a comprehensive development scheme. A robust masterplan, supported by a delivery plan, is fundamental to maximising land value and development of sustainable...
