All environmental regulations articles
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CommentData can open doors to new development
Accurate data monitoring in real time not only increases industry efficiency and productivity but can change user behaviour and reassure the public that new development is beneficial, writes George Williams at Stantec
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NewsEarly-stage site work will not require environmental permit
Environment minister Emma Hardy announces proposed changes ‘to unleash an era of building’
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CommentWe don’t need more planners to build more houses, we need fewer pointless rules
An overgrowth of conflicting regulations is strangling small-scale development, Robert Adam writes
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NewsRelaxed planning rules, deregulation and lowered stamp duty: what to look out for in the mini-budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng due to speak later this morning
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CommentCarbon neutrality and the law
For the government’s stringent emissions targets to be met will require not only further legislation but also changes in contract clauses and regulatory practices
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CommentNet zero carbon: a legal viewpoint
A liability and contract perspective on how the government commitment to net zero carbon by 2050 will impact the industry
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NewsScotland moves to protect rivers from polluting contractors
Legislation was passed just weeks before Aberdeen road team fined nearly £300,000 for pollution breaches