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Animals and contamination: A long, polluting foot (or hoof) print
Friday, 20 March 2020Leather has a great importance in cultural practices around the globe. Since prehistoric times, it has been used to create clothing as well as impenetrable armour. Today, it is part of everyday attire and traditions.
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Groundwater flooding – The delayed deluge
Friday, 13 March 2020The role of groundwater in providing secure water supplies and supporting a healthy surface water environment is vital. In recent years, England and Wales has experienced exceptional swings that have led from drought to groundwater flooding in as little as four months.
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Mineral and waste plans: Communities in the crossfire
Friday, 31 January 2020Villages and towns are facing years of traffic disruption, noise and dust as major planning decisions are being made about the future of multiple sites across the country.
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Something rotten in the air in Rottingdean
Tuesday, 28 January 2020Look on any map and the village of Rottingdean should have a charmed position – nestled in a dramatic chalk valley of the South Downs, right on the seaside: long sweeping views of hills and bracing sea air. The reality could not be further from the truth as residents and shopkeepers choke on the decisions of a council struggling to cope with traffic congestion.
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Godesdon Road – 6 Planning Changes for a Street under Siege
Tuesday, 21 January 2020Education has been Cambridge’s stock in trade for centuries. As the student population expands, so does the need to provide purpose built accommodation. The city has also undergone a massive planning transformation thanks to IT, science and bio-technology industries flocking to the area to access this pool of graduates.
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Mansfield: Homes Evacuated after Massive Landslide
Thursday, 5 December 2019Residents living near an old quarry were forced to evacuate their homes for two weeks after a month’s worth of rain in a day triggered a huge landslide. While they have now been allowed to return, more collapses in the area and more heavy rain forecast means that the threat remains.
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Building damage, fire and land contamination: Our capital’s painful legacy
Wednesday, 27 November 2019We are used to hearing about London labouring under current high air pollution levels, but our capital’s soil bears a poisonous legacy a combination of Blitz bombing and pockets of damage from fire affected buildings and derelict sites. These provide an important example of how commercial property lawyers need to be vigilant about past use and incidents on affected land that could be prepared for redevelopment.
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Greenland and our disappearing coast
Friday, 22 November 2019Cottage owners on a famous stretch of Sussex coastline have put out a plea for £1m to pay for urgent sea defences before time runs out. The call comes as new surveys indicate the speed of Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than ever, with some of the most iconic UK coastal landscapes and communities under threat.
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River Don Floods: The cause and effect of knee jerk decisions
Thursday, 14 November 2019Another slow moving frontal system dumped a month’s worth of rain in a day on the hills above Sheffield this month. A headline we are used to seeing across the UK, but the response of the River Don and the subsequent downstream flooding tells the bigger story of how and why it happened.
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Future Climate Info launches new planning report
Monday, 4 November 2019Innovative environmental data provider delivers essential new conveyancing planning search with unique wider investigation features.
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