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The gathering economic crisis is tempting the national press to cheer up its readers with “reasons for optimism”
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Due diligence
GVA Grimley’s Environmental Services Team has secured a three-year nationwide contract with the Environment Agency
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Another survey at Dalgety Bay
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is to survey a wider area of the beach at Dalgety Bay in Fife for radioactivity
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Diary
September events
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Groundwater Directive contaminated land implications
There are always more land remediation regulatory changes coming down the pipeline from Brussels
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Not so smart in California
California looked set for effective action against sprawl through legislation – until house building lobbyists and politicians took a hand. Jon Reeds reports on a familiar story
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Finding a better path
The housing market renewal pathfinders still plan to destroy tens of thousands of sound terraced houses. But a new report from SAVE shows there is a better way, hears Jon Reeds
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Fresh Conservative call for greenfield development
The Conservative-leaning think tank The Policy Exchange has suggested that green belts are not sacred
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Liverpool waterfront
The North West Development Agency is to invest £1.9m in infrastructure, environmental and public realm improvements in Liverpool
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Derwent Forest
Allerdale Borough Council and Cumbria County Council have purchased the Derwent Forest site for £1
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Site investigation in Spelthorne
A three-week investigation ordered by Spelthorne Council is underway to see what contamination a former landfill site has caused
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Harwell
UKAEA has begun work on decommissioning and demolition of various facilities at Harwell to allow alternative land uses
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Waste definition code launched
CL:AIRE’s new Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice aims to bring clarity to waste questions
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Not engineered
Blandford Magistrates have given a land owner a two year conditional discharge and fined a concrete contractors £4,000 for dumping large quantities of inappropriate wastes
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Caveat emptor
“Activity in commercial property sector fell at steepest pace in the survey’s five-and-a-half year history....
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Tesco eco town toppled
Another “eco town” proposal has bitten the dust following promoter Tesco’s decision to withdraw from the for 6,700 greenfield sprawl homes in South Cambridgeshire
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Tesco’s Sheringham setback may have national implications
Tesco’s rejected plans for a supermarket in Sheringham may have wider implications for retail planning policy
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The Waste Code of Practice arrives…
The Development Industry Code of Practice on the Definition of Waste was launched by CL:AIRE with a flourish at the offices of National Grid on 11 September says Phil Crowcroft
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Rapid toxin testing
The US Environment Protection Agency and Environment Canada have published a protocol
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North West approaches
English Partnerships has set up a North West Brownfield Regeneration Forum to organise free seminars and training
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Gateshead Stadium
Gateshead Council is seeking a development partner for development of the Gateshead International Stadium into a sports village
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Eco down
The BARD Campaign has been given leave to seek judicial review of the Government’s eco town policy
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Scottish land
Scotland’s area of derelict and vacant land has remained virtually unchanged for five years
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Zuid-Holland
The Provincie Zuid-Holland in the Netherlands is seeking tenders for disposal of contaminated soil
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Contaminated soil used “to protect” spectators
Contaminated soil from a former gas works was used to form a bund to protect spectators at the Snetterton racing circuit
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Red card at football ground
Hinckley Magistrates have fined F.E...
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Dundee remediation
I&H Brown’s Civil Engineering Division has started work on the redevelopment of the former ABB generator and transformer factory in Dundee
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From earth worm to eco warrior
British earthworms are evolving in response to contaminated soil so that they can live there
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World site inventory mooted
More than $1m from the European Commission will develop a comprehensive global inventory of polluted sites
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Home Buy hits regeneration
The Government has warned the English regional development agencies they stand to lose £300m to support its Home Buy Direct scheme for first time buyers
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Guildford
DEFRA has completed the sale of its 5ha former site at Epsom Road in Guildford to Linden Homes for building of 200 homes
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Tighter focus for regeneration cash
England’s regeneration funding should be more tightly focused on deprived areas according to a Government consultation paper....
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Gloucester determines six homes
Gloucester City Council has formally determined six residential properties on Alney Island and most of two showmans’ caravan sites as contaminated
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Leeds
Leeds City Council is seeking a contractor for the provision of laboratory analytical services
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Mining risk maps to be made available
The Coal Authority is taking a more proactive line towards planning authorities
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Dounreay must cut costs
Dounreay Site Restoration has challenged suppliers to come up with cheaper ways of decommissioning the site
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…and is hailed as the ‘end of the beginning’
Presenters at the launch of the Code of Practice stressed the positive note amidst recent frustrations. BB looks at the details...
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Vapour intrusion and digital data developments rising up US agenda
BB talks to Environmental Data Resources’ Pat Coyne on a couple of important US trends
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Thornaby
Demolition is underway at Thornaby’s unpopular district centre in a joint venture between Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and Thornfield Properties
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Water and waste focus
Environment Agency regulation of contaminated land may concentrate on controlled water and waste issues
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The Robert Gordon University
The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen is seeking tenders for carrying out of field trials
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Unparalled mine stability risk halts Merthyr housing plan
Merthyr Tydfil Council has refused plans for housing on a site at Rhydycar
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Delicensed
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court has fined a waste transfer station operator £670 for continuing to accept waste after his licence was suspended
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Cold arsenic
Scientists examining one of the world’s most toxic sites – the former Giant gold mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories – have made an exciting discover
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Dawdon nearing completion
The Coal Authority’s massive Dawdon minewater treatment scheme is nearing completion and should be commissioned in October
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Highland reclamation
The Scottish Government’s Vacant and Derelict Land Fund is to make money available to Highland Council for the first time
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Stirling
Stirling Council is seeking tenders for a framework agreement for contaminated land ground investigation contracting services
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Making tracks
Farmer Jonathan Dinham has received a £2,800 fine for running an illegal waste operation in Bath
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New Jersey aquifers probed
Testing of private well water supplies in the state of New Jersey has shown that tens of thousands of consumers are drinking contaminated water
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New Brighton
Plans for a second stage of the redevelopment in New Brighton by Neptune Developments have been challenged by local residents
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Eco town claim ruled misleading
DCLG misled people into thinking the proposed Curborough “eco town” would be entirely on brownfield land
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Not so wise
Lyndhurst Magistrates have fined a groundwork contractor £1,600 after it polluted the Allen River with silt
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Combe Down
English Partnerships is looking for a development partner for housing development on the Ralph Allen Yard site in Bath
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Ulster worries
Northern Ireland brownfield practitioners have hit out at the failure to introduce contaminated land legislation there
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Waste farming
Harlow Magistrates have fined a farmer £4,000 with £3,582 costs after he admitted storing waste, including asbestos, on his farm
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Knipe Point
Scarborough Borough Council will examine the reasons for cliff slippage and coastal erosion at Knipe Point near Cayton Bay
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Low density ambition squanders brownfield land
New Government statistics show planning for low-density housing development is limiting the potential brownfield contribution
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Fourth time round
Redditch Magistrates have fined a man £6,500 for running an unlicensed waste site at his farm, his fourth similar conviction
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Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Borough Council has given planning consent to convert the former Greenwich District Hospital site into housing, community and healthcare use
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Thames Gateway plots its future
Economic development and investment in the Thames Gateway is to be concentrated at just four points under a new plan
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Presidential thumbs down for eco towns
14 past Royal Town Planning Institute presidents have criticised the way the sites for “eco towns” have been promoted
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Even tinier Northern Ireland fine
Newry Magistrates have fined a man just £100 for dumping substantial quantities of end-of-life vehicles and parts on unlicensed land
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Ballymena
The Department for Social Development’s master plan for Ballymena town centre has been launched for consultation
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Settlements grow
New statistics show the percentage of England’s land area covered by settlements with populations of more than 1,000 people grew
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Prison plan for Omega?
The embattled Omega project could reportedly become home to one of the Ministry of Justice’s new “titan” prisons
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Augean fails to persuade High Court
Augean has failed to persuade the High Court to overturn a VAT and Duties Tribunal judgement last February
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