by Gemma Melvill | Aug 8, 2018 | Law and Policy
The much anticipated revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) finally emerged into the light of day on 24 July 2018, on the very last day of Parliamentary business in Westminster. Associated planning practice guidance was published on the same day, although... read more
by Gemma Melvill | Jul 3, 2018 | Landscape, News
The Friends of Dell Park in Chepstow is leading community effort to restore and expand recreation facilities at Dell Park in Chepstow. The Landmark Practice’s Andy Spargo has been working with the group since early 2017 on this rewarding and exciting project. The... read more
by Gemma Melvill | Jun 15, 2018 | Ecology, Environmental Planning, Law and Policy
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 Gemma Melvill | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy
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 | Environmental Planning, Law and Policy
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 | Climate Change, Law and Policy
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
