Category: Planning

Johns Associates Ltd celebrates double success in helping Good Energy bring a brighter future

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Johns Associates is delighted to have recently obtained planning permission on behalf of Good Energy for a new 5MW solar farm in Gloucestershire, providing Town Planning, Ecology, Flood Risk and EIA co-ordination services.   The application was originally refused by Tewkesbury Borough councilors, despite a positive recommendation from the Planning Officer. Johns Associates co-ordinated the

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The UK and The EIA Directive

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The EIA Directive was amended in 2014 to update it in line with some issues that have come to the forefront more recently in its 25 year existence. Those issues include climate change, resource efficiency, accident and disaster prevention and health. Additional changes were also made to secure delivery of monitoring and enforcement. If changes to

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Sustainability Appraisals: A Need for Change?

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Earlier this year the Local Plan Expert Group (LPEG) proposed that the Sustainability Appraisal process be reduced to a single report that assess the submitted plan. The LPEG was established by the Government to look at improving the efficiency and efficacy of local plan making. At present, Sustainability Appraisal runs in parallel to the Local

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Good news for Green Infrastructure

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The government has issued new specific guidance on Green Infrastructure (GI) as part of their National Planning Practice Guidance.  It’s been published to help with the implementation of the main national planning document, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. The NPPF defines Green Infrastructure as a network of multi-functional green space, urban and

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Environment Agency publishes new Climate Change guidance for Flood Risk Assessments

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The Environment Agency has in the last month published new guidelines on how Climate Change should be considered in Flood Risk Assessments. Consideration of potential climate change impacts on river flow, rainfall, sea level rise and wave heights is important to ensure that development is prepared for future conditions, and that the people who live

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Johns Associates to provide Neighbourhood Planning support

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Johns Associates’ Planning and Environmental Appraisal team secured an exciting project win this month, having been awarded the contract to support Corsham Town Council in the production of their Neighbourhood Plan. Stage 1 of the process will involve laying the foundations for a successful plan through characterising the town as it is now through development

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Johns Associates celebrates solar planning successes

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Johns Associates’ Planning and Environmental Appraisal team is celebrating two successful planning outcomes, supporting planning applications for solar farms for Good Energy. The team provided Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments, ecological assessments and arboricultural assessments for a 5MW solar farm in Dorset and for a (up to) 2MW solar farm in Cornwall. For the proposal

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Environmental Issues Continue to Move to the Mainstream

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This week has seen environmental issues grabbing the headlines for a number of reasons. The talks in Paris are the latest attempts to thrash out a global deal to arrest greenhouse gas emissions, and the floods in Cumbria and elsewhere pose unanswerable questions around climate change, flood science, and investment of scarce financial resources.  

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Working with Good Energy

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Johns Associates is working with the UK’s first 100% renewable energy supplier, Good Energy, to promote a proposal to co-locate solar panels on the site of the iconic Delabole wind farm, the UK’s first commercial on-shore wind farm. A planning application for a scheme with a capacity of up to 2MW has been submitted to

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Planning Success

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Johns Associates has succeeded in gaining permission for a historic narrowboat basin near Guildford. The site is situated in the greenbelt and was supported by a full Environmental Impact Assessment. Once built, the basin will help the National Trust achieve its management aims by reducing the number of boats moored on the historic Wey Navigation.

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