by Bernice Roberts | Jun 15, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion
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... read more
by Bernice Roberts | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion
Proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework There’s been a lot of domestic ‘news’ in the past couple of months. The Salisbury poisoning, late winter freeze and subsequent heatwave, the gender pay gap, Facebook data management, the Windrush... read more
by Gemma Melvill | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion
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 Country... read more
by Pippa Cope | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion
In January Theresa May pledged to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042. The commitment was part of the government’s 25-year plan to improve the natural environment. A week later came the European Commission announcement of targets to cut... read more
by Pippa Cope | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy
We often take calls at Landmark from homeowners who have been told by their local planning authority that a bat survey must be submitted as part of a domestic planning application, such as for a small-scale development involving house improvement, extension or roof... read more
by Gemma Melvill | May 1, 2018 | Opinion
As the Easter break and end of the financial year all but coincide this year, many businesses are focussed on spending residual funds before the year end, on financial planning for the coming year, and on programming projects for consenting or delivery over the next... read more
by Pippa Cope | Feb 19, 2018 | Events, Opinion
When we are asked to design ecological mitigation schemes for developments we often suggest the incorporation of bird and bat boxes into the design. If we know birds and bats use the site, it can be a low cost solution to replace roost and nest sites that may be lost... read more
by Gemma Melvill | Dec 18, 2017 | Landmark
Landmark is delighted to announce the addition of Lucy Foley to our Landscape team. Lucy joined us in December 2017, just in time for our office Christmas party, bringing nearly a decade of professional experience gained across the UK and in Canada. Lucy is a... read more
by Gemma Melvill | Dec 18, 2017 | Landmark
It’s the time of year when we tend to look back over the past 12 months, consider how it’s been and then, holding on to our hats, prepare to plunge into a New Year. The need to hold on to hats this December seems particularly important, not least having just... read more
by Bernice Roberts | Nov 10, 2017 | Law and Policy, News, Opinion
We are in the midst of a massive shift in our energy system, driven by technological innovation and the imperative to tackle climate change. Just a few years ago electricity was generated by 50 large power stations. Today we are approaching 1 million distributed... read more
