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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Ep116: Why new requirements for the early submission of legal agreements alongside written appeals has prompted alarm
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This week, we discuss: Why planning consultants and lawyers are alarmed about new requirements for the early submission of planning obligation agreements as part of written representation appeals; Three more councils announcing delays to their local plans in response to the government’s proposed national planning policy changes; A council in Oxford…
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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, the team unearths: The gardens of England where food grows with toxic PFAS pollution. The environment secretary's plan for growth, growth, g…
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Ep115: The issues raised by council planning teams’ widespread use of agency staff, plus highlights from the Tory conference
27:35
In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing: Why so many local authorities are spending money on agency staff to work in their planning teams, what problems this causes, and how councils can make best use of them; The planning highlights from last week’s Conservative Party Conference. We also round up the other key news from the past week to mak…
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In this edition, we examine: The key news from last week’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool, including a possible delay to the publication of the final version of the new National Planning Policy Framework; The government’s publication of new details on its proposal for “brownfield passports” to speed up development on previously used land; The…
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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, the team explores: The Office for Environmental Protection's landmark legal action on how the government implements its statutory requiremen…
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Ep113: What the draft NPPF changes would mean for affordable housing and brownfield land development
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be examining two big proposed changes in the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF): What revisions to national policy on affordable housing would mean for planners, and how effective they would be in boosting the delivery of homes for social rent; The implications of the government’s intention to make urba…
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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, the team explores: The Labour Party conference and the takehomes, takeovers and takedowns that took place during its Liverpool event. And fo…
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PFAS price tag revealed, curtains for Cumbria coal mine, and the true cost of nationalising our water
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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, the team explores: PFAS. How much is it going to cost and how long have our agency’s known about its dangers? And planning for the UK’s firs…
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Ep112: High Court overturns secretary of state approval for coal mine, inspectors tell council to withdraw local plan, and voters reject neighbourhood plan
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This week, we discuss: The High Court quashing the secretary of state’s controversial permission for a new coal mine in Cumbria; Planning inspectors recommending that a council withdraws its local plan due to its “unwillingness” to release green belt sites to meet housing need; Voters in a town overwhelmingly rejected a neighbourhood plan in a refe…
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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, the team explores: The implications of Labour's new water bill, which includes the threat of criminal action against water company executive…
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Ep111: What the proposed cutting of 'beauty' references in the draft NPPF would mean for planners, plus other key news
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In this Deep Dive, we discuss: What the proposed cutting of 'beauty' references in the draft NPPF would mean for planners; What the government’s plans to more than double householder application fees might mean for local authorities. PLUS the past fortnight’s other headlines summarised. Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by t…
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Ep110: Why councils faced with hikes in housing need are accelerating plan preparation, plus other key news
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In this episode, we discuss: Why councils faced with hikes in housing requirements under Labour’s proposed changes to the assessment method are accelerating plan preparation; What we know about the government’s task force to speed up housing delivery; What the fact that only a handful of applications for government biodiversity gain credits have be…
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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 the team discusses: Labour's plan to eradicate bovine TB through the use of badger and cattle vaccines and also the planned five-year badger …
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Ep109: The five most important exceptional circumstances used by plan-makers to justify releasing green belt
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In this Deep Dive edition, we’ll be discussing the five circumstances that are “exceptional” enough to justify releasing green belt in local plans – including the extent of local need – and why, if Labour’s proposed changes to national policy are carried through, it will become more important for councils to know about them. Key planning news, and …
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Airport expansion exasperation, sewage sludge time bomb, and the airline rapped over ‘misleading’ green claims
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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 finds out about London City Airport's expansion and how it fits into Labour's green agenda as a whole. We also learn about …
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Ep108: Council reveals £826K planning budget overspend, local plan delays over NPPF changes, and Miliband threatened over solar farm approval
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In this episode, we will be discussing: A local authority revealing an unauthorised £826,000 overspend in its planning budget due to a huge application backlog; How a number of councils halting local plan work due to the new government’s national planning policy changes; Four local authorities issuing a legal threat to the government over the energ…
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The cyanide spill that closed a canal, water guzzling golf courses PLUS the UK-EU chemical policy chasm
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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 finds out about the Walsall chemical spill and the thousands of litres of toxic waste that’s leaked into the town’s canal. …
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Ep107: Why a council is investing £1m in its planning service and how the NPPF revisions would change housing need assessments
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In this Deep Dive edition, we examine: How and why a unitary authority is making an unusually big investment in its planning service; How the proposed National Planning Policy Framework revisions would change local housing need assessment, and what this might mean for planners. Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team b…
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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 finds unravels: How the pension fund used by wildlife regulators Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales holds bonds…
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Ep106: How the new standard method will affect councils' housing need levels and ministerial announcements on local plan preparation
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In this episode, we look in more detail at the government's big planning announcements last week. We discuss: The councils that would see their housing need rise most under the government’s proposed new assessment method. The Planning Inspectorate warning the housing minister that his hard line on local plan examination delays will lead to more str…
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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 finds out: The significance of the thousands of PFAS-related legal cases taking place in the US and the UK’s most PFAS poll…
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Ep105: Your 30-minute guide to Labour’s proposed National Planning Policy Framework revisions
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In this episode, we summarise key changes proposed in the government’s draft revised National Planning Policy Framework, as well as initial reaction from the sector. Key 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 more than …
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The Tories' toxic pesticide, England's over-abstraction baddies PLUS the swimworthy rivers of Swiss cities
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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 finds out: Why the toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB pesticide was authorised by the Conservative government without any kind …
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Ep104: What the new government's first King's Speech means for planning and why a national newspaper opinion piece has prompted sector fury
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In this episode, we will be discussing the first King’s Speech since the new Labour government was elected, which featured two bills proposing changes to the planning system. We will also look at: The appointment of a planning barrister as one of government’s most senior legal advisors following her election to Parliament as an MP; Fury in the indu…
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The supersized King's Speech PLUS The Wildlife Trusts' CEO on housing, Celtic rainforests and Labour's vision
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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 implications of the King's Speech for the climate and the UK's natural environment Why the housing secretary…
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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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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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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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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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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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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. We want to hear from our listeners on what we can do to improve the podcast. To help us, and to be in with a chance to win £100 in John Lewis vouchers, please take …
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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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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. We want to hear from our listeners on what we can do to improve the podcast. To help us, and to be in with a chance to win £100 in John Lewis vouchers, please take …
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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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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. We want to hear from our listeners on what we can do to improve the podcast. To help us, and to be in with a chance to win £100 in John Lewis vouchers, please take …
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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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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. We want to hear from our listeners on what we can do to improve the podcast. To help us, and to be in with a chance to win £100 in John Lewis vouchers, please take …
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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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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. We want to hear from our listeners on what we can do to improve the podcast. To help us, and to be in with a chance to win £100 in John Lewis vouchers, please take …
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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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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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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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