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TAKING STOCK: OEP URGES GOVERNMENT TO BE AMBITIOUS AND FOCUS ON DELIVERY
The Office for Environmental Protection has called for bold targets and a clear accountability as the UK government's mulls update of 25 year Environment …
How the OEP fits into the environmental governance jigsaw
This article was first published in Environmental Law & Management (www.lawtext.com) The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) was created by …
Habitats Regulations Assessments: Refocusing towards nature's recovery
This article was first published in Property Law Journal (May 2022, #397). On 18 May 2021, the Environment Secretary George Eustice gave a speech at …
Real Estate – The Podcast Series
From REITs, to post-Brexit development, to the future of planning, our real estate podcasts brings you the biggest issues in bricks and mortar. Latest …
Conservation covenants – How to secure biodiversity net gain
Landowners can take advantage of new conservation covenants to get ahead on mandatory net-gain requirements.Mandatory biodiversity net gain and …
How must major infrastructure projects deliver on biodiversity net gain?
Developers and promoters should be making steps to ensure nationally significant infrastructure projects comply with new biodiversity net-gain …
Biodiversity net gain – Meeting the requirements
Biodiversity gain plans and satisfying the biodiversity gain objective New standards mean developers must deliver a biodiversity net gain of at least …
Biodiversity net gain: How Town and Country Planning Act developments must comply
Developers will need to factor in biodiversity gain objectives when eyeing development opportunities.The Environment Act 2021 (EA 2021) introduced a new …
Environment Act 2021 – Clearing the air
With the focus on air quality intensifying, we consider the scope and impact of new legislation.Introduction Whether it is in the form of reports …
Plastic packaging tax – What you need to know
The new tax will apply to plastic packaging material manufactured or imported into the UK in a drive to divert plastic from landfill and …
UK Government opens consultation on "world-leading" due diligence law
The UK's new Environment Act 2021 (the "Environment Act") introduces a prohibition on the use of "forest risk commodities" in UK commercial activities, …
A climate change duty of care: Sharma v Minister for the Environment
The recent decision of Justice Bromberg in Sharma v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560 found that a novel duty of care is owed by the Minister …
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