All articles by Michael Lee-Wright
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Professional
Planning: if the levy breaks ...
The community infrastructure levy is due to come into force next year, but there are obstacles in its way
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Q&A
The local planning authority (LPA) has asked for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of a mixed-use commercial development scheme, but our proposals are only in outline and we cannot submit details at this stage. Do we have to design a detailed scheme in order to get planning permission? ...
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Waste watchers
The waste management industry must comply with a glut of EC-driven regulations, but without incentives companies may become unscrupulous
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Assessing outline applications
Planning The 1999 Environmental Assessment Regulations may have gone a long way to clarify the rules in this area, but they have still left unresolved the problem of outline applications.