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BSI nature markets standards
The market for environmental credits for biodiversity net gain (BNG), carbon sequestration and phosphate offsets is often characterised as being similar to
Another big day for planning
As previously flagged, The Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which was laid before parliament on 11 March, is “central to the government’s plan
Planning permission secured for Exmoor rural health hub
Acorn Rural Property Consultants is delighted to announce that we have secured planning permission on behalf of the Exmoor Rural Health Hub
Mid Devon District Council – call for sites final week for submissions!
Mid Devon District Council’s (MDDC’s) call for sites is still open, but time is running out! The deadline for submissions is Thursday
End of residential leaseholds
Although not often found in the rural sector, residential leasehold ownership has been prevalent for centuries in the residential sector and the
Update on the capital grants scheme
Defra has announced that they have secured funding for the capital grants scheme and that they can now process 4,040 completed applications
Local nature recovery strategies and off-site biodiversity net gain
Regular readers of our news posts, and our clients for whom we carry out planning and development work, will be aware of
Land use framework
As mentioned here, on 31 January, Defra launched a consultation on what it termed a “national conversation on land use” which, later
Habitat mapping by satellite
Hard on the heels of the launch of the consultation on a land use framework for England, which we discussed here, is
Land use framework
For some years, policy makers have been calling for an overarching land use framework and asking themselves how can a land use
Significant planning application fee increases proposed in England
While the annual inflationary adjustment mechanism that was introduced in 2023 had been anticipated to result in inflation linked increases to fees
Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier
Preview guidance has recently been published on the updated Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) scheme that is anticipated to open for applications