by Andy G. | August 27th, 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 G. | August 6th, 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...
by Gemma.Admin | June 26th, 2015 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy, News, Renewable Energy
Thomas Middleton’s play, A Mad World, My Masters, is a satirical tale of life in early 17th-century London. It tells the story of underhand tactics used by a group of characters to manipulate influence in the pursuance of wealth and power. The Royal...
by Andy G. | June 3rd, 2015 | Environmental Planning, Landscape
Last week, members of our landscape team attended an informative CPD day organised by the Landscape Institute South West Branch. The theme was ‘People, Place, Identity: The Application of Character Assessment to Shaping Our Environment’. Over the course of the day...
by Gemma.Admin | March 12th, 2015 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy
In 2014, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive was codified and the EIA Regulations are due to be amended this year. Recently, government think tanks have focused on potential EIA Screening threshold changes but in general there is a strong emphasis on...
by Andy G. | February 5th, 2015 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy, News
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive has been amended and codified several times since its implementation some 30 years ago. The current Directive (2014/52/EU) adopted in 2014, made several amendments to the previous iteration and is required to be...
