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Billionaire appeals against removal of "incongruous" windows

Billionaire nightclub and restaurant owner, Richard Caring, is refusing to remove three "incongruous and dominant" windows from his £40 million house in South Kensington despite an enforcemen...

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£32 million for Welsh farmers to plant trees

The Welsh Government has announced an additional £32 million of funding to help farmers and landowners plant trees to combat the climate emergency.

The government believes around 43,0...

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£8,000 fine for company which ignored previous enforcement action

A property development company has been fined £8,000 for failing to adequately assess the risks involved in a refurbishment project, despite having been subject to previous enforcement action...

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UK BAT Conclusions to replace current European BAT system

On 30 August 2022, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published a new policy paper which will establish a new regulatory framework to replace the Europea...

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Standby energy facility approved on appeal despite emissions concerns

Balance Power Projects Ltd has been granted planning permission following an appeal for a gas-powered standby electricity generation facility near Sudbury in Suffolk. The three generators are desig...

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Development consent order granted for Manston Airport

Karl McCartney, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, has granted a development consent order (DCO) for works to reopen Manston Airport, Kent, as an internat...

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Scottish Government announce EV charging points for all new-builds

The Scottish Government has promised that by the end of the year it will publish the secondary legislation needed to ensure that developers provide electric vehicle (EV) cha...

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Cargo handling company sentenced after worker fatally crushed

A cargo handling company has been fined after an employee was fatally crushed between shipping containers whilst working in a container park in Portsmouth.

In August 2017 an employee of Por...

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HSE warns employers must prepare for a warmer future

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is advising businesses to think about how they need to adapt to warmer working conditions for their staff so workplaces are ready for w...

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Ex-company director fined £11,200 for exporting banned waste

The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a former company director for illegally exporting banned household waste from a site in Worcestershire to Indonesia in 201...

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Men who burned waste given suspended sentences

Two men who illegally stored and burned waste, after repeatedly ignoring warnings from the Environment Agency, have been sentenced to 8 months in prison, suspended for two y...

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English shellfish at risk of contamination from untreated waste

English shellfish could be contaminated with sewage as untreated human waste was dumped 29,000 times in the water where they are cultivated by water companies last year.

Sewage was dumped i...

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Gas installer fined after not answering HSE questions

An unqualified plumber who was suspected of carrying out dangerous gas work has been fined after failing to answer questions put to him by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE...

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Dry spell straining wildlife

The second notable heatwave of the summer may be something being enjoyed by many holidaymakers, but the increasing dry spell being experienced in the UK is causing alarm for environmentalists.

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Plans to convert listed building rejected on appeal

Plans to convert 114-120 Church Street, Croydon, into 32 residential apartments and retail space have been rejected on appeal due to the potential harm it could do to heritage assets surrounding th...

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