Planning Alert - 18 May 2012

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry. We hope that you find this useful and welcome your feedback. Please contact us with any comments or queries. Items in this issue include: South Devon Link Road given the green light…Groundwater Flooding-a very real problem…"Deliberate Concealment" could be caught by PEO…Council withdraws Ashton Vale village green legal action…Planning Advisory Service issues NPPF Guidance…Enterprise Zones in operation in England…Bumblebees making a welcome return to England

Planning Alert 25 April 2012

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry. We hope that you find this useful and welcome your feedback. Please contact us with any comments or queries. Items in this issue include: Neighbourhood planning guidance…First neighbourhood plan examined…Identification of 90 brownfield sites across Bristol…HCA exceed their delivery targets for 2011/12…New flood risk advice… 'Portas plus' for towns across the country…Government sets out plans to reduce emissions from heating

Michelmores Briefing Note - The National Planning Policy Framework

Further to the announcement in the Budget, the 27 March 2012 saw the publication of the Governments widely anticipated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), heralding a new era of town and country planning in England. The framework has been introduced in an attempt to bring forward development while helping the country achieve a planning system which promotes sustainable development.

Planning Alert - 4th April

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry. We hope that you find this useful and welcome your feedback. Please contact us with any comments or queries. Items in this issue include: Read our NPPF briefing Article…Government publishes the widely anticipated National Planning Policy Framework… Deadline looming for the extension of planning applications…Key features of the Government's New Home Buy scheme…New traveller policy unveiled … Removal of Government red tape in effort to protect the environment and boost business…Extension of permitted development for small scale renewables…. Leading energy firm to invest in the UK….

Planning Alert 21st March 2012

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Michelmores Planning Alert - 7 March 2012

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry.

Planning Alert 21st February

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The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (FWMA 2010) and the ongoing Defra consultation on the implementation of the sustainable drainage requirements

The FWMA 2010 received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 and contains provisions relating to many areas including the following: • sustainable drainage; • flood and coastal erosion risk management; • the safety of reservoirs; • a special administration scheme for water companies; and • the provision of infrastructure for the use of water undertakers or sewerage undertakers.

Michelmores Planning Alert 13 February 2012

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Planning Alert 26th January 2012

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry. We hope that you find this useful and welcome your feedback. Please contact us with any comments or queries. Items in this issue include:

Planning Alert January 2012

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry.

Planning Alert - December 2011

Welcome to the Michelmores Planning Alert, where we bring you a round-up of the latest news and legal developments affecting the industry. We hope that you find this useful and welcome your feedback. Please contact us with any comments or queries.

New powers to tackle concealed breaches of planning control

The Localism Act 2011 ('the Act') received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011 and will effect major changes to the planning system. Significantly it gives new powers to local planning authorities ('LPAs') to take enforcement action against concealed breaches of planning control even after the expiry of statutory time limits. While many of the measures of the Act are not due to come into force until April 2012, the implications of this particular measure are clear for those deliberately concealing breaches of planning control.

Planning Alert November 2011

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New planning legislation: permitted development for microgeneration and vehicle charging points

A new piece of planning legislation is due to come into force in England on 1 October 2011 which will update "permitted development".

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - What does this mean for retailers?

The CRC is a mandatory scheme aimed at improving energy efficiency and cutting CO2 emissions in large public and private sector organisations. These organisations are responsible for around 10% of the UK's emissions. We look at how this will impact the retail sector.

"Zero carbon" in a zero carbon home

The March 2011 Budget saw a further step taken toward the creation of a workable definition for zero-carbon homes. The Zero Carbon Hub has a lead responsibility for delivering homes to zero carbon standards by 2016 and it saw the government endorsing its final recommendations for the Carbon Compliance levels of new homes.

CRC Scheme - Has it got your attention?

The government introduced the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, a mandatory emissions trading scheme,  in April 2010. How does the scheme work?

CRC Scheme - How should organisations prepare?

What are the issues facing companies that are participants in the Carbon Reduction Commitment Scheme?

Top 10 Tips for preparing for the CRC Scheme

CRC is upon us! The scheme will have a big impact on the public sector and on larger private sector businesses, with around 20,000 organisations participating.