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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

FIPL grant extended

Those of our clients familiar with the FIPL acronym may be interested that the grant funding that has been available though the Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme has been extended until...

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Posted March 3, 2023
In Snippets

Are we missing something?

One of our information sources is the daily Government news posts. Although wholly off our usual topics of interest, our incredulity buttons were pressed when we saw this release today. Is...

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Posted March 3, 2023
In Snippets

Expert witness wins costs appeal

Ever since the Supreme Court abolished immunity from suit for breach of duty that expert witnesses had enjoyed in relation to their participation in legal proceedings prior to Jones v Kaney...

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Posted February 17, 2023
In Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution

Biodiversity Net Gain

“If anyone looking to obtain planning permission for development is not yet familiar with the concept of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), they soon will be. Under the Environment Act 2021 (the...

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Posted February 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

Navigating the planning system

On 23 January 2023 Mark Sanders and Brian Dinnis of Acorn Rural Property Consultants gave an in-depth evening presentation to farmers from Exmoor and the Greater Exmoor area on Navigating the...

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Posted February 1, 2023
In Planning Consultancy