40 homes in Somerset have been granted outline planning permission despite the site having a high probability of flooding.
Sedgemoor District Council had refused the application initially b...
The Scottish Affairs Committee have begun an inquiry into hydrogen and carbon capture technologies in Scotland. This inquiry comes as the UK Government aims to create 5GW of low carbon hydrogen pro...
A new 32MW battery storage plant has been fired up near Bristol for the first time. The Hallen Battery Energy Storage Scheme, commissioned by Voltalia, released the first kWh of electricity on 23 D...
On midday 7 January 2021, the Hunterston B nuclear power station placed on the west coast of Scotland will shut down and await decommissioning after 47 years of service.
The power plant pro...
In recent months the Government was focused on reforming the building safety law, following the findings of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety by Dame Judith Hackitt.
Plans announced by the Government for large-scale nature recovery projects could see English farmers being paid to rewild their land.
Under the new plans, landowners and farmers will be abl...
A proposal to build a mixed-use development in the centre of Woking, which would have involved multistorey towers, has been dismissed on appeal.
In November 2019, Watkin Jones Group PLC and...
Kirklees Metropolitan Council refused planning permission for a barn conversion near Holmfirth in January 2021. The original application sought to convert a barn, located on a farm in the West York...
Although we really hoped we wouldn't have to, we've taken the decision to delay our Roadshow and the online Homeshow until later in the year.
With Omicron cases rising significantly on a da...
The UK has been hit by flash flooding at least 51 times since 2007 causing major disturbances to hospitals, care homes and schools new analysis has found.
The study was carried out by "Brig...
Staffordshire County Council has been prosecuted for failing to inspect and maintain trees found on a public footpath after a member of the public was struck and killed.
On 3 October 2019 a...
The £19.1 million funding announced comes from the government's £320 million Heat Networks Investment Project, which supports the development of heat networks across England and Wales.<...
The festive period is almost upon us, so we thought we should give you some details on our working hours for the next couple of weeks.
Cedrec will be closed from 12pm on Friday 24 D...
Significant changes are to be made to the Building Regulations SI 2010/2214 on 15 June 2022 in relation to England, in order to support energy efficiency and the charging of...
The Environment Agency has restocked several fisheries in Somerset, the Claverton fishery near Bath, and the River Boyd, near Bristol.
