After investigation the UK body which gives independent health guidance to national and local government have argued that city trees increase the amount of foul air that people breathe.
Tre...
An inspector has approved 188 homes on greenfield land in Berkely, Gloucestershire, on appeal. This decision has been made even though the inspector concluded that the site conflicts with the devel...
Bradford Council has issued a set of guidelines warning staff not to stick, pin or nail Christmas decorations to council buildings. Whilst critics and opposition councillors have blamed health and...
Research carried out by the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation recommends that climate change should be re-prioritised in local plans and that clarity m...
The Vatican decorates the famous St. Peter's Square with a Christmas tree every year, but this year extra care has been taken to ensure that the display is as green as possible.
The na...
A 73 storey skyscraper has been approved for London's financial district that will stand almost as high as the Shard.
Nicknamed the Trellis, at over 300 metres, it will be the second h...
The Martin-Baker Aircraft Company have been fined £800,000 for breaching the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations SI 2002/2677 (CoSHH).
Three worker...
The "Black Friday" craze has well and truly settled here in the UK. Originating in the US, and considered as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, Black Friday is a day (or a week in some...
IOSH has reported that a waste treatment business that was fined £80,000 after an employee was buried in a pile of waste and asphyxiated, would have had to pay £600,000 if it wasn't in adminis...
Scotland's Court of Appeal has slashed ScottishPower's fine over a scalding incident at the Longannet Power Station from £1.75m to £1.2m, after deciding the original judge had misapplied...
Reports are surfacing that Donald Trump is looking at options to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement.
The agreement, which reached the required amount of ratification on 5 October 2016...
The UK has become the 111th country to officially ratify the Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to avoid the destructive effects of climate change by cutting carbon emissions. It is the world'...
500 Chippenham homes have been refused permission on appeal after finding that they would have a negative impact on the landscape, heritage assets and the "identity" of the village. It was felt tha...
Today is World Town Planning Day (WTPD), which also marks the first year anniversary of the launch of Cedrec Planning.
The RTPI is promoting throughout the day on Twitter using the hashtag...
Following the signing and ratification of the Paris Agreement, the deal has came into force in the UK.
The Agreement sees the countries involved work to limit temperature rises to "well bel...
