Local government minister Simon Hoare has overturned a planning inspector's recommendation that a solar farm project should be refused for its heritage and green belt impacts.
PINS inspecto...
Today (18 March 2024) is Global Recycling Day, which is the yearly celebration to help recognise, and celebrate, the important role recycling plays in preserving our precious primary resources and...
Higher-than-normal radon gas levels in HMP Dartmoor led to the relocation of some prisoners between November 2023 and February 2024. It is believed around 184 prison cells have been affected.
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An appeal has been refused for a warehouse over 10,000 square metres due to the negative visual impact on a nearby Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (now National Landscape).
The applicati...
Today (Friday 8 March) is International Women's Day, and this years theme is "Inspire Inclusion" and "Invest in women: Accelerate progress".
Some key data to consider this International Wom...
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has imposed a penalty on Dorenell Windfarm Limited (DWL) for breaching energy market rules, ordering a payment of £5....
In King Berebon v Shell Petroleum Development Co of Nigeria, the claimants in proceedings arising out of two oil spills in Nigeria applied for the restoration of claims that had been subje...
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is asking all those living in tall buildings in England to be aware of how new Building Safety law affects...
On 15 February 2024 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its 2023-2024 work programme under Assimilated Regulation 1907/2006, on the Regis...
The latest government data has shown a decline in energy consumption across the UK during the October to December 2023 period.
During this period primary energy consumption in the UK was do...
A Welsh recycling company has been fined £300,000 after a father-of-two was killed by a shovel loader.
The man lost his life on 4 September 2019 when he was run over from behind by a...
A new Local Transport Fund has been launched by the
According to an enforcement notice issued by South Staffordshire District Council, The Crooked House pub near Dudley, which was illegally demolished after a fire in 2023, must be rebuilt.
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According to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a "complex and unpredictable" planning system and the limitations of speculative private development are responsible for the "persistent" u...
The government have been urged to accelerate measures to facilitate private investment in decarbonising the electricity sector.
Sir John Armitt, Britain's top infrastructure adviser h...
