A Worcestershire waste director and firm have been told to pay almost £110,000 for what was described as a "flagrant breach" of waste...
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Wimbledon plans rejected
Wandsworth Council has rejected plans by the All England Lawn Tennis Club to build a new 8,000-seat stadium and 38 further tennis courts on a Grade II*-listed park in Wimbledon.
The plans w...
Sevenoakes housing development rejected
An application seeking outline planning permission for a new development consisting of 70 houses in Sevenoakes, Kent, has been rejected on appeal. The original proposal would have seen the creation...
2023 HSE statistics published
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have published their latest statistics for the 2022/2023 reporting period.
The HSE use a series of data...
DEFRA's failure to protect and restore water bodies ruled unlawful
On 20 November 2023, a landmark ruling following a judicial review over the management of Costa Beck River found that the UK Government and the Environment Agency have faile...
Consolidated Waste Round-up
Lots of waste related legislation has come into force, or is due to come into force, so we at Barbour Consolidated thought it would be handy for all these changes to be all in one place!
UK to loosen post-Brexit chemical regulations further
The Government is to loosen EU-derived laws on chemicals in a move experts say will increase the likelihood of toxic substances entering the environment.
Under new plans the Government will...
Changes to the ESOS Regulations
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Amendment) Regulations SI 2023/1182 enter into force on 29th November 2023 and make important amendments to the...
King's speech 2023
King Charles III delivered what was the first King's speech in more than 70 years, setting out the UK government's legislative agenda for the next Parliamentary session.
A total of 21 Bills...
Today is World Town Planning Day!
Today (8 November) is World Town Planning Day!
It was set up by Argentinian professor Carlos María della Paolera in Buenos Aires in 1949.
Every year, planners and communities...
Government faces legal action over sewage sludge pollution rules
An environmental campaign group Fighting Dirty is taking legal action against the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the ...
ILO adopts new Global Framework on Chemicals
The International Labour Organization (ILO) attended and organised the participation of tripartite constituents in the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management in Bonn...
Fine for man using residential address for storage
A man has been found guilty for breaching a planning enforcement notice.
The man failed to attend court on 23 October to face three charges of failings to comply with an enforcement notice...
DEFRA confirms initial list of irreplaceable habitats for BNG purposes
Ahead of mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG), the Land Use Policy Team of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) are confir...
Appeal of lenient penalty for care home where resident died allowed
In HM Advocate v Tigh-Na-Muirn Ltd, the Crown appealed an unduly lenient sheriff's imposition of a £30,000 financial penalty, which was then discounted by one third to 20,000, follow...
