New Legislation is now in force to ensure that infrastructure projects classed as being nationally significant, will be determined at national level, with applications made to the
A report into a study conducted by the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and the Local Government Association (LGA) focused upon how local authority planners and...
The introduction of a 5p charge for plastic bags in England has been blamed for a packaging firm going into administration.
Nelson Packaging's factory in Lancashire, which opened in 19...
A report published by the UK Energy Research Centre has argued that the use of natural gas as a means for generating electricity in the UK may have to reduce over the next 30 years.
It was...
Ultimate Trade Ltd, a scrap metal firm, and its director, Nasir Rashid, have been sentenced after a worker suffered severe injuries to his left arm after it became stuck in a forklift truck driven...
Energy UK, a trade body which represents more than 80 suppliers and generators of energy in the UK has backed the phasing out of coal-fired power stations. This is an important U-turn for the group...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set out its official departmental plan for 2015 to 2020.
Released last week, the plan underlines a commitment...
A major programme to make public sector buildings in Scotland more energy efficient is now underway.
Twelve suppliers have been appointed to undertake the energy efficiency retrofit works e...
ClientEarth, the legal activists campaigning for environmental protection, have sent a final warning to the UK Government and Environment secretary Liz Truss, to take action on air pollution within...
The sentencing guidelines for safety came into force earlier this month, and aim to bring some consistency to sentencing for safety breaches.
With fines ranging from £3 million to £2, the c...
Theme park owners Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd have been informed today (25 February 2016) by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that they will be prosecuted, due to...
Councils will compete to process planning applications, and would be able to offer fast track application services similar to that of applying for a passport under proposals out to consultation on...
Two companies; Touch Access LTD (TAL) and Beagle Technology Group LTD (BTGL) have been fined by the Magistrates' Courts in Bournemouth, after the company director of BTGL lost his balance clea...
Air pollution inside and outside the home causes at least 40,000 deaths a year according to a new report, and it estimates the cost of the damage at £20bn.
A well known fact that outdoor po...
The Planning Act 2008 established a specific regime to deal with applications for development consent for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) with the aim...
