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lockedRochdale retenders town centre after judgements

A European Court of Justice ruling on a development in Greece has forced Rochdale Borough Council to rerun its developer selection for the £250m town centre redevelopment

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lockedVapour intrusion and digital data developments rising up US agenda

BB talks to Environmental Data Resources’ Pat Coyne on a couple of important emerging US trends

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lockedWidespread support for Skills Strategy…

Brownfield practitioners have called for a central Government fund to kick start and support implementation of the Brownfield Skills Strategy .

lockedTellesma saying little

The Prince of Wales has reportedly launched a £1bn+ property fund for sustainable building projects including brownfield called Tellesma

lockedNORTHERN IRELAND - Coleraine scheduled

Northern Ireland’s Social Development Department has decided that major redevelopment in Coleraine town centre will begin

lockedBrickfields wood

Work is underway on St Helens’ new community woodland on a former landfill site south of the town

lockedEnvironment Agency commended for deregulating

The Environment Agency has welcomed a report on implementing the Hampton review of regulation which says it is making progress towards reducing burdens on industry but needs to reduce burdens caused by inspections and monitoring requirements as these often have no clear link to environmental outcomes.

lockedBillions more to be spent on nuclear site decommissioning

MPs have warned the Government that public funding for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will have to increase significantly if decommissioning of existing nuclear sites is going to proceed as planned.

lockedCode should help decide what is and isn’t waste

CL:AIRE is proposing a new voluntary code of practice on defining what is and is not waste to allow users to demonstrate that their wastes have been fully recovered and so cease to be waste.

lockedDeliberate dereliction warning

Local government minister John Healey has warned building owners who deliberately make them derelict that legislation remains an option, but has opted for simple changes to empty property reliefs to see if that will work.


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