11 Jan 2020

2030 the developing target for organisations to meet Net Zero: In its 125th anniversary year, the National Trust announces it will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.  This will include planting 20 million trees in 10 years – increasing tree coverage on NT land from 10% to 17%. Climate Assembly UK was commissioned by […]

18 Nov 2019

Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act (MCAA), we must produce a Marine Plan. Welsh Ministers are the planning authority for the Welsh: inshore region (out to 12 nautical miles) offshore region (12 to 200 nautical miles) The Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP) contains contain plans and policies which will: support our vision for clean, healthy, safe and diverse […]

05 Sep 2018

Laura Laker, the Guardian ‘Friends of the Earth says revised national planning policy makes it ‘virtually impossible’ for councils to refuse fracking schemes. The government is facing a legal challenge over its new planning policy, which campaigners say was illegally adopted because the government failed to assess its environmental impact. The revised National Planning Policy Framework, […]

06 Sep 2017

In March 2017 Defra announced it would develop a National Policy Statement for water resources. This briefing note gives an introduction to this work and explains what is happening next. Click here to download the briefing note.