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16 February 2024
On the 12 February 2024, mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (“BNG”) officially arrived! As we outlined in our last article, “Biodiversity Net Gain is a Reality: The Basics”, every grant of planning permission for a major development (unless exempt) will now be subject to a deemed condition to secure at least a 10% increase in the…
Read more24 January 2024
This is the first in what we expect will be a series of posts on Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). BNG is one of the most significant recent developments in planning law, and the government have announced that it will go live on Monday 12 February 2024. A set of regulations has been made and…
Read more30 November 2023
Leading environmental and clean energy experts, Sharpe Pritchard LLP, is proud to announce it has again been recognised for a second consecutive year in the prestigious Legal 500 Green Guide, solidifying its position as a leader in environmental law. The ranking underscores the firm’s commitment to sustainability through environmental advocacy and innovative projects and initiatives….
Read more27 November 2023
What are the new topic areas for the Green Steves? This Autumn and moving into the Spring of next year, the Green Steves papers are going to take a different route. Having covered a wide range of climate change and energy issues in the preceding publications, this time we are going to take a deeper…
Read more1 November 2023
The Energy Act 2023 (the “Act”) received royal assent on 26 October 2023. Part 2 of Chapter 8 of the Act introduces powers for the Secretary of State to introduce a framework via regulations to establish ‘heat network zoning’ in England. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (“DESNZ”) describes heat network zoning as…
Read more31 May 2023
Download PDF Welcome to the third instalment of our newest series, the R-EV-OLUTION, in which we will be tackling the key questions facing local authorities in the roll out of public EV charging infrastructure. In this instalment, we consider the range of delivery models available to local authorities to deliver public EV charging infrastructure. The…
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