The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has issued a consultation paper entitled “Fairer and Better Environmental Enforcement” seeking views on its proposals for changes to the enforcement procedures to try to create a more proportionate, fair and more effective approach to enforcing environmental criminal offences in England and Wales. The consultation period is [...]
The Government has issued a consultation paper seeking views on proposals to introduce a more proportionate approach to the amount of information that must be submitted with an application for planning permission in England. The consultation period is open until 23 October 2009. The Government anticipates making regulatory changes in this regard to come into [...]
London Mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled three key blueprints for the city in the shape of a revised London Plan, together with his transport and economic development strategies. All three documents are now formally out for consultation.
The London Plan covers the period up to 2031 and anticipates the city’s population growing from its current level [...]
From 1 October 2009 the newly established Infrastructure Planning Commission has been formally open for business. It is now available to advise developers about major infrastructure schemes and expects to begin handling applications for projects from March 2010. The chairman of the IPC, Sir Michael Pitt, has said that it anticipates receiving applications for 50 [...]
