Key recent planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for nearly 50 years. planningresource.co.uk @planningMag Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Every week, the ENDS team runs down the biggest green news stories, shines a spotlight on some pretty nasty chemicals, and takes a forensic look at one of the more deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. Read more on the issues covered at www.endsreport.com or follow us on Twitter @TheENDSReport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep103: What you need to know about planning for data centres
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In this Deep Dive edition, we examine the planning issues that are raised by the growth of data centres, including: The current national policy situation; The new Labour government’s attitude towards them; The challenges facing local authorities and developers planning for these kinds of development. PLUS, we round up the other most important news …
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Miliband’s solar power play, Ofwat gives? PLUS The greenest cities in England
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. In this week’s episode, we focus on the politics of solar power – more than a gigawatt of solar energy has been approved by the energy minister Ed Milliband but how…
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Labour landslide: who’s in, who’s out PLUS Reeves revs up building blitz
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. In this week’s episode, we look back and forwards at the politics of now: the slayed beasts of the Conservatives, the triumphant hunters of the labour party and the…
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Ep102: Labour's historic election victory, its housing department appointments and early planning announcements
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This week, we’re focusing on Labour's seismic election victory the plethora of planning changes it announced almost straight away. This includes: A series of planning announcements made by new chancellor Rachel Reeves in her speech on Monday morning; A change to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to remove what the government called the …
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Fibreglass-filled oysters, the new cow tax PLUS the general election showdown for nature
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. In THIS week’s episode, we focus on: The oysters in the south coast of England, which have been swallowing tiny pieces of boats made of fibreglass. The wild boars p…
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Ep101: How the government's own planning performance measures up
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In this Deep Dive edition, we discuss an investigation by Planning into: How the government measures up to its own local authority planning targets when it comes to speed of decision-making; The effectiveness of the 'special measures' regime to tackle councils’ development management performance. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stor…
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Ep100: A Supreme Court ruling on an oil drilling project, a council's procedural error halts its legal challenge, plus planning applications fall to record lows
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In this edition, we’re going to talk about: A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on an oil drilling project, which legal experts believe could have significant wider implications for planning decisions; A council revealing that its legal challenge to minister’s consent for a 1,000-home high-rise project has been dropped because it made a ‘procedu…
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Supreme Court strikes down oil, nature's protest PLUS what happens when NGOs get too close to big business
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MAYDAY: The forgotten poison in our skies
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It’s taken nearly four decades for a global phase out of leaded petrol, light aircraft still use fuel containing lead to keep flying their planes. The US and the EU are looking to phase out this source of harmful lead pollution, but the UK is hanging back. Aviation fuel AVGAS 100LL uses Tetraethlylead for fuel stability. When this lead is jettisone…
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Manifesto magic tricks, Reform’s revenge PLUS the carbon blowouts that could break our skies
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Ep99: The planning promises in Labour's election manifesto, plus housing delivery test predictions
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking into: The planning promises made in the Labour Party’s general election manifesto; Exclusive research by Planning predicting the results of the government's next housing delivery test. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days. Key planning news, and why it’s important…
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Ep98: Councils delaying local plan work over general election and the Tory and Lib Dem manifestos
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This week, we will be talking about: Councils delaying local plan work due to next month’s general election; The planning promises in the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrat manifestos, which were published earlier this week; The planning proposals that the Labour Party has announced in the campaign so far. PLUS, we round up the other most impo…
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The highways from hell killing our waterways PLUS the latest general election green policy pledges
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Ep97: The planning proposals we can expect from Labour’s first 100 days in power and how the election announcement impacts policy and legislation
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining: What planning measures we can expect from the Labour Party’s first 100 days in power if they’re successful in next month’s general election; How the announcement of the general election will impact ongoing and planned planning policy and legislation. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stor…
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Green battle lines drawn, Saltmarsh SSSI bulldozed, PLUS the professor of faith on guarding God's garden
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Ep96: Labour's new towns policy, the general election announcement, plus a council accusing a charity of local plan 'misinformation'
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In this episode, we will be discussing: The Labour Party’s new towns policy; The Prime Minister’s surprise announcement of a general election; Parliamentary public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, criticises the government’s new biodiversity net gain requirement; A council accuses a branch of a countryside charity of spreading “misinfo…
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The policies lost in the election wash-up, Labour's green mission PLUS the most PFAS-polluted town in England
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Bathing water baddies PLUS River Summit special ft. Feargal Sharkey, Paul Whitehouse, Jim Murray, Philip Duffy and Angela Henry
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Paul Whitehouse, Feargal Sharkey, The Crown’s Jim Murray... This week's episode, recorded from the UK River Summit, features the rockstars of the water world and an environmental lawyer on a mission. Listen to the ECO Chamber to find out what you've missed. Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stor…
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Ep95: What the new metro mayors mean for planning, plus the fallout from a councillor accusing planning officers of 'lobbying for developers'
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining: The impact of newly elected metro mayors on planning and development; The ethical and professional issues raised by a councillor accusing planning officers at his own authority of "lobbying for developers". PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days. Key planning new…
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Ep94: The latest local authority to be placed in planning special measures, planning decision bribery allegations, and the best-paid council planning leads
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In this episode, we will be looking at: The latest local authority that the government has placed in planning performance special measures; A council referring allegations of bribery made by three property developers in relation to planning committee decisions to the police; Data revealing the ten highest-rewarded local authority planning leads in …
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DEFRA vs OEP, the lost infringement cases, PLUS the UK's diverging green policy
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week’s Big Green News, the team discusses: The on-going beef between the government and the post-Brexit environmental watchdog – the Office for Environment…
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Ep93: What planners need to know about using social media and the secretary of state's attitude to countryside solar farms
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be looking at: How a row sparked by an inspector's LinkedIn ‘like’ has highlighted the need for planners to take care when posting on social media; What a spate of ministerial decisions tell us about government attitudes to solar development in the countryside. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories…
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ULEZ upset averted, climate ‘clown show’ PLUS Dartmoor's sheepwrecked SSSIs
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week’s Big Green News, the team discusses: The fallout of the local elections… was it really the ULEZ wot won it in London? We’ll also be finding out why t…
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Ep92: Why councils are cutting their local plan home targets, new housing affordability data and the latest on Labour's green belt policies
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In this edition, we will be discussing: Why a series of councils are cutting their housing targets and green belt release levels in their draft local plans; How new affordability data impacts local housing need levels; The latest on Labour’s green belt policies. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days. Key pla…
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Permitting regime ‘collapse’, ‘fake’ DRS promises, PLUS Goldsmith, Eustice and Stacey on the legacy of a landmark act
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week’s Big Green News, the team discusses: The jaw-dropping confession from the EA’s chief executive that England’s permitting regime has witnessed a ‘genu…
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Ex-minister on DEFRA's inner workings, where is the LUF? PLUS The EfW industry responds to Barclay's freeze
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Why does Trudy Harrison think DEFRA has a problem with the office for environmental protection and project delivery? Where is the missing Land Use Framework? And what's been going on this week in policy circles? Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the de…
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Ep91: The implications of a legal change that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permissions
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining a legal change from the government that aims to make it easier for developers to amend planning permissions. We discuss: What exactly the change is and why the government has made it; Recent court rulings that have made it harder for developers to amend permissions; How effective the change is likely to…
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Duffy's EfW dust-up, Wye's there a new champion? PLUS the floating Celtic Sea wind giant
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What's in the River Wye Action Plan? Why did the EA chief warn ministers about pausing waste incineration permits? And how big will the world's largest floating wind project actually be in the Celtic Sea? Listen to the latest episode of the ECO Chamber to find out... Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green…
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Ep90: Biodiversity net gain comes into force for small sites, plus changes to planning enforcement and compulsory purchase rules
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In this edition, we will be discussing: The biodiversity net gain requirement for developers coming into force for small sites; Significant impending changes to planning enforcement; New government regulations that aim to speed up compulsory purchase rules. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days. Key planning…
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Barclay’s burner bother, beaver builders PLUS Tories driven batty by Natural England
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news, the team discusses: Why Environment Secretary Steve Barclay’s department DEFRA has called time on approving any new energy from wast…
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Ep89: The implications of the government's proposed new 'accelerated planning system'
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining the implications for developers and councils of the government’s proposals to introduce an "accelerated planning system" for large commercial applications. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days. Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the tea…
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Ep88: Why a Tory council was removed from special measures after just three months and the latest on Labour's planning policies
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In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at: A Tory council being removed from planning performance special measures after just three months; The latest update from the Labour Party’s emerging planning policies; Police being asked to investigate a ‘threatening’ incident, which took place at a planning committee meeting following a housing a…
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Thames Water turmoil, Ofwat has it large PLUS the kelp forests of Sussex
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news, the team discusses: Thames Water’s fresh financial crisis after shareholders refused to back £500 million worth of funding to prop u…
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Ep87: The implications of the proposed new presumption in favour of brownfield development
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In this 'Deep Dive' edition, we’ll be examining government proposals to revise national planning policy to encourage councils to prioritise brownfield land development. PLUS, we round up the other most important news stories of the past seven days. Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the l…
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Dartmoor's thorny SSSI plans, Ed's £28bn climate elephant, PLUS the bugs lost by net gain
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news, the team discusses: Labour’s net zero secretary Ed Miliband and the party’s abandoned flagship £28bn annual fund to combat climate c…
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Ep86: EXTRA The lessons learned by the pioneers of the mandatory new authority-wide design codes
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In this extra, extended episode, we will be taking a closer look at the lessons learned by the pioneers of the mandatory new authority-wide design codes. The episode covers: What authorities need to do; The key challenges encountered by those leading the way; Five important lessons they have learned. Key planning news, and why it’s important, broug…
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Ep85: Your ten-minute guide to the Budget announcements, plus two more councils placed in special measures
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In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at: The key planning announcements made by the government alongside the Budget earlier this month, including a consultation on introducing an "accelerated planning system" and a clampdown on extension of time agreements, plus much more; The government's designation of two more councils in special mea…
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Ex-ministers' masks slip, watchdogs’ united front PLUS the lights that blind us
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news, the team discusses: The UK’s environmental watchdogs coordinated investigation into ‘possible failures’ to comply with environmental…
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The sounds of the underground, Hunt’s Cambridge credit punt, and the EA scores red
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news, the team discusses: The government plans to turn Cambridge into the Europe’s answer to Silicon Valley, and other green spring budget…
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Ep84: How cost-saving management consultants are impacting planning services, plus a roundup of the Budget announcements
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In this bonus edition, we discuss a recent investigation by Planning on the impact of cost-saving management consultants on council planning services, asking: What is this cost-saving process and why are so many councils doing it? Why are planning officers concerned about it? What examples are there of local authorities that have undergone these pr…
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Walleys' whiff gets watchdog whack, Ofwat's growing pains and climate tsar shambles
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, as well as taking a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news the team discusses: Why the notorious Walleys Quarry landfill has been given a suspension notice What Ofwat's new 'growth du…
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Ep83: The High Court's quashing of Gove's M&S decision and a government-commissioned report on housebuilding
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In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at: The implications of a High Court ruling that overturned a controversial decision by housing secretary Michael Gove to block the demolition and redevelopment of the flagship Marks and Spencer store in London's Oxford Street; What an important report by the government’s competitions regulator on ho…
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Minette batters the regulators, EA chair‘s ‘uncomfortable’ PowerPoint slides PLUS pollution penalty perils
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Who's taking over the National Farmers' Union now their leader Minette Batters is gone? Is the EA's chair making enemies with farmers? And why are some Welsh farmers so angry about proposed environmental policy? Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, as well as taking a forensic look at one …
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Ep82: Why a court ruling that permissions cannot be split retrospectively will make it more difficult for developers to modify large schemes, plus this week’s key news
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In this bonus edition, we examine a court judgment that quashed a housing association's bid to amend an outline consent for a huge estate regeneration project, detailing: Why commentators see the ruling as significant The likely practical implications of the judgment for developers and councils, and why it has prompted a "bit of a panic" among some…
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Ep81: Your 20-minute guide to the government's latest consultations on permitted development rights and brownfield land policy, plus a row between Gove and Khan
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In this episode, we will: Explain how the government wants to shake up householder permitted development rights, and other moves to deregulate planning rules to create new homes and support electric vehicle charging points and heat pumps, in a new consultation; Examine ministers' proposed changes to national planning policy on brownfield land devel…
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Falcon snatchers, the burners blocking PM2.5 progress PLUS the next EU laws on the chopping block
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Why does it matter if I buy a new wood burner for my home? Are we losing all our ties to EU regulation? And why would anyone want to launder falcons? Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, as well as taking a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. In th…
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Ep80: The policy and legislation that Sunak, Gove and colleagues could change before the next general election
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In this episode, we will take a deep dive previewing the biggest policy and legislation changes affecting the planning sector in the year ahead, including: Further and more extensive changes to the National Planning Policy Framework; A consultation on proposed new national development management policies; A shake-up of the local plan system. PLUS, …
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PopCons go potty, water boss bonus block PLUS, EU's afraid of the big bad wolf
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Are left extremists really taking over the environmental agenda, according to the former prime minister Liz Truss? Will the new powers for the water regulator put an end to rampant sewage pollution? And can Northern Ireland catch up on its environmental commitments now it has a new environment minister? Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Cham…
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Ep79: New government guidance on housing land supply and yet another ministerial local plan intervention
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In this episode, we will: Explain how the government has moved to resolve confusion in the sector over how the proposed new four-year housing land supply target for councils with advanced, but not adopted, local plans will work; Examine the latest ministerial intervention in a council’s local plan process; Discuss new government guidance for local …
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Landfills’ toxic secret, BNG metric meltdown and Wales gets a watchdog
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Should the Environment Agency know where landfills are leaching poisonous PFAS chemicals into the natural environment? Why is biodiversity net gain back in the news? And dragonwatch: how will the creation of a new environmental watchdog work in Wales. Listen to the Eco Chamber podcast to find out answers. Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Ch…
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