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Nature markets

“DEFRA released the Nature Market Framework earlier this year. This document outlines how private investment in nature recovery can be combined with funding for ecosystem services. We talked about this concept...

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Posted May 17, 2023
In Agri-environmental schemes

End of 4-year rule confirmed

Followers of our articles will be aware that we have been closely observing the passage of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill through Parliament and that we have been involved in...

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Posted April 25, 2023
In Chartered surveyors and land agents

Biodiversity net gain and stacking

“Further to our April 2023 article we are taking a closer look at what Defra has published to-date on the topic of stacking”, says Henry Buckpitt of Acorn Rural Property Consultants....

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Posted April 4, 2023
In Ecology and Biodiversity

Mandatory BNG confirmed

“DEFRA has recently confirmed that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will be mandatory for developments in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 with effect from November 2023. For those who are...

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Posted March 3, 2023
In Ecology and Biodiversity

The end of the four-year rule?

“In November 2022 we discussed what is now Clause 107 of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, which, as drafted, would abolish what is known as the four-year rule and replace it...

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Posted February 3, 2023
In Chartered surveyors and land agents

Overlapping planning permissions

“On 2 November 2022 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal of the developer, Hillside Parks Limited, relating to a long running dispute with the Snowdonia National Park Authority (SNPA).  The...

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Posted December 5, 2022
In Chartered surveyors and land agents