jackiejobesSep 30, 20191 minA417 consultation seeking your thoughts Highways England announced the opening of the public consultation on their proposals for the A417 Missing Link scheme last week. The consultation opened on F...
jackiejobesSep 24, 20191 minGlover Review of Protected Landscapes PublishedMajor review calls for biggest shakeup of the running of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty since they were founded 70 years ag...
jackiejobesAug 28, 20191 minFacilitation fund: Countryside Stewardship now openIt has been confirmed that there will be a new round of Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund for 2019. Funding is offered to help groups of farmers, for...
jackiejobesAug 7, 20192 minGreat crested newt mitigation scheme expands to include GloucestershireNatural England last Thursday (01.08.2019) has granted nine further licences to Local Planning Authorities across the South Midlands to join the great creste...
jackiejobesJul 25, 20192 minGovernment release update on Environment Bill On 23rd July 2019, the Government released a policy statement update on the Environment Bill. You can read it here. In summary: Aspiration remains to deliver...
jackiejobesMar 19, 20191 minHighways England Announce Preferred Route for A417 'Missing Link'Highways England has announced details of its proposed road scheme to solve the problems caused by the A417 'Missing Link'. The existing road bottlenecks at...
Jackie JobesMar 14, 20191 minGovernment announces all development to provide biodiversity net gainsAs part of the spring statement, chancellor Philip Hammond announced the government's plans to make it mandatory for all new housing and infrastructure devel...
jackiejobesFeb 22, 20191 minNew Covenants to protect nature A consultation on conservation covenants, voluntary agreements to protect nature, has been launched by the government today (22 February 2019). The governmen...
jackiejobesFeb 11, 20191 minGloucestershire Supports National LNP response to Net Gain ProposalsOn 2 December the government launched a consultation to seek views on how we can improve the planning system in England to protect the environment (via biodi...
jackiejobesJan 9, 20192 min2019 Year of Green Action (YoGA): Defra release partner toolkitThe Year of Green Action aims to encourage and promote events, announcements and activity that raise awareness of, and participation in, action beneficial to...
jackiejobesJan 7, 20191 minConsultation: Protecting and Enhancing England’s Trees and WoodlandsAnother environmental consultation to consider this month was released by Defra on Sunday 30th December: Protecting and Enhancing England's Trees and Woodlan...
jackiejobesJan 2, 20191 minDraft Indicators Framework for the 25 Year Environment Plan - Consultation Wednesday 19th December was a big day and you'll be forgiven by being mildly distracted with the release of the draft Environment (Principles and Governance)...
jackiejobesDec 21, 20181 minThe draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill - Call for collective responseThe draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill was published on December 19th as an attempt to set out how we will maintain environmental standards a...
jackiejobesDec 6, 20181 minBiodiversity Net Gain: ConsultationOn 2 December the government launched a consultation to seek views on how we can improve the planning system in England to protect the environment (via biodi...
jackiejobesSep 19, 20181 minChris Packham releases 'A People's Manifesto for Wildlife' To coincide with the People's Walk for Wildlife on Saturday 22nd September, Chris Packham, together with 17 independent wildlife experts, have produced A Pe...
