Construction Law

AUGUST 2, 2024

A new generation of new towns is planned by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) as part of the government’s plan to kickstart economic growth and ‘get Britain building again’. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Roads Online

OCTOBER 24, 2024

T aking place on 30 and 31 October at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, the National Roads & Traffic Expo is Australia’s largest and only event dedicated to the entire roads and traffic management industry, covering everything from road design and procurement to construction, maintenance, and operations.

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Roads Online

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Pipeline will help Western Australian businesses to better plan for major WA Government tenders, sustain companies across the state and create local jobs. It is planned to update the data twice yearly as projects are announced.

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Roads Online

AUGUST 24, 2023

Currently Aboriginal participation is a criterion under the social procurement framework which is relevant to all government funded works,” he says. He’s always prioritised this as the number one priority from a board level, all the way down to the construction site. Hotak Akran, Site Engineer says he almost uses the software daily.

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Construction Law

JULY 12, 2024

Glasgow City Council has launched a public consultation on Tall Buildings in the City in response to an increasing number of them being built and planned. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

JULY 26, 2024

Cancellation of the northern part of the HS2 project has left the project’s purposes unclear, wasted significant resources and undermined plans for increasing capacity, says government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

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Construction Law

JUNE 21, 2024

Resource starved planning authorities could respond to the Supreme Court’s landmark EIA judgment by routinely rejecting any applications with downstream impacts, lawyers warn. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Roads Online

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Teletrac Navman is encouraging a greater use of telematics to better manage health and safety, location, preventive maintenance, and utilisation for all machinery and equipment across construction sites. With on-site safety still a major concern, telematics can help establish a safer working site. Where are they on the site?

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Construction Law

MAY 16, 2024

Reading Borough Council has applied for a statutory review of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' decision to grant planning permission to a 600-home development scheme that had been denied planning permission by the Council. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

JULY 19, 2024

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) - an independent statutory body established under the Climate Change Act - says that only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the UK’s 2030 Net Zero target are currently covered by credible plans. Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

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Construction Law

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Government Ministers are being asked to draw up plans for billions of pounds in cuts to infrastructure projects over the next 18 months according to national newspaper reports. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Locations of the government’s planned New Towns will be identified by summer 2025 but construction will not start before the next parliament, which could mean 2030, says the New Towns Taskforce chair Sir Michael Lyons. Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

JUNE 7, 2024

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has called for an ‘Ofsted’ style system for planning to be introduced by the next government in its general election submission. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

MAY 23, 2024

Lack of resources available to local authorities may hinder implementation of the UK’s Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) plans, says a report from government’s spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

UK electricity and gas network planning will be the responsibility of a new publicly owned body from 1 October as part of the drive to deliver ‘clean’ power by 2030. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

APRIL 18, 2024

Environmental campaigners have been granted a hearing over an application for judicial review over climate change plans. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

MAY 10, 2024

The UK government’s climate plan to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050 was unlawful, Justice Clive Sheldon has ruled in the High Court, in a second legal rejection of its climate policies. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The High Court has ruled against planning permission for a metallurgical coal mine in West Cumbria that would have been the UK’s first new coal mine in 30 years. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

MAY 23, 2024

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

JUNE 14, 2024

The council looks set to continue to challenge the housing project involved when detailed planning applications are made. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

APRIL 12, 2024

The Scottish Government’s carbon assessment of its flagship £26 billion infrastructure investment plan has been slammed for failing to provide ‘concrete evidence’ of how it will deliver the emissions cuts needed to hit net zero targets. Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

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Construction Law

MARCH 28, 2024

The Government’s new suite of planning regulations that ministers will use to determine ‘nationally significant’ road and rail projects came in for criticism during a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

Construction price inflation and planning bureaucracy are blamed in a Public Accounts Committee report for failure to improve the UK’s flood resilience. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has announced a Connections Action Plan in his Autumn Statement to tackle barriers in the system of infrastructure planning that are leading to long delays in connecting new generating capacity to the national grid. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

MARCH 8, 2024

Planning barrister Lord Charles Banner KC has been appointed by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) minister Michael Gove to lead an independent review on how to speed up delivery of major infrastructure projects. Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

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Construction Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham are to meet transport secretary Mark Harper to discuss plans about a replacement for the cancelled HS2 leg between Birmingham and Manchester. Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has called on government to introduce an 18 month ‘fix’ on infrastructure investment plans covering the periods before and after elections, to be agreed by all major parties. Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

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Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) first strategic plan - a requirement of the Building Safety Act 2022 - has been published, claiming that its impact on high rise building design can already be seen. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Law

JANUARY 12, 2024

The government has moved to give potential investors more long term certainty of investment plans by publishing a Civil Nuclear Roadmap that holds out the hope of at least one new nuclear power station of the same size as Hinkley C or Sizewell C being built every five years from 2030 to 2044. See the panel to the right.

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CCR Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

However, without accurate planning, these pieces can easily fall out of place, leading to delays and budget overruns. This is where construction planning software comes in, redefining how managers and planners tackle project complexities. We’ve listed the five most common problems faced in construction planning.

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Construction Law

MARCH 1, 2024

The Scottish Government has gone to consultation on three proposals to improve the resilience and flexibility of the planning system. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

MARCH 1, 2024

The High Court has quashed Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Minister Michael Gove’s refusal of Marks & Spencer’s plans to redevelop its flagship Oxford Street store. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Budget pressures have been blamed to plans to build new hospitals, surgeries and a network of treatment centres in Scotland being put on hold for up to two years. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. See the panel to the right.

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has put two ‘working papers’, on housing developer’s landbanks and on planning, out to consultation for feedback on its assessment of the use of landbanks and how new homes are delivered, and on how planning rules may be impacting competition. See the panel to the right.

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CCR Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

Construction sites generate a significant amount of waste, much of which can have a detrimental impact on the environment if not managed properly. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the best sustainable waste disposal practices for construction sites, helping you to minimize waste and contribute to a more sustainable future.

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Construction Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Controversial new planning rules have been promised for release this week which are expected to mean that local authorities will not have to set aside greenbelt land to meet future housing needs. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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CCR Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

One example of these efforts is through Sloan’s Foundry, where evaporative condenser cooling towers are installed to make use of recycled water, reclaiming approximately 18 million gallons of water each year.

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