News & Analysis as of

Real Estate Development United Kingdom Climate Change

Hogan Lovells

Politics of Housing in the UK: Can the Planning and Infrastructure Bill help deliver the homes the government has pledged?

Hogan Lovells on

The government has been clear in its ambition to deliver growth, and has been equally clear that planning reform targeted at unlocking development potential is a key part of that. Now, hot on the heels of the revised NPPF,...more

BCLP

Energy Performance of Buildings Regime - MHCLG and DESNZ Set Out Ambitious Targets in a New Consultation Building on the Previous...

BCLP on

The UK government has launched a consultation to reform the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) regime, a crucial step towards achieving the nation’s ambitious net-zero targets by 2050. This extensive consultation, which...more

BCLP

What’s New in the Updated NPPF?

BCLP on

On 12 December 2024, the updated NPPF consulted on over the summer, came into immediate effect. The pro-development changes aim to increase housing delivery, support development generally and in particular key growth sectors...more

BCLP

Proposed Planning Policy for Wind and Solar Farms

BCLP on

Consultation closed at the end of September on proposals to align national planning policy with the Government’s aspiration for Britain’s future as a ‘Clean Energy Superpower’ by 2030. Government has committed to respond...more

Jones Day

Biodiversity Net Gain: A New Requirement for Developments in England to Positively Impact the Environment

Jones Day on

The Situation: On January 17, 2024, mandatory biodiversity net gain ("BNG") regulations took effect, impacting most new developments in England. ...more

BCLP

RICS Sustainability Report 2023: More Progress Required to Achieve Carbon Net Zero Goal

BCLP on

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Freya Scott discusses the RICS Sustainability Report 2023, considers some of the barriers to achieving the carbon net zero goal by 2050 and what can be done to overcome these. ...more

BCLP

From Brown to Green: Financing Real Estate Decarbonisation - Energy Efficiency Series - Part 3

BCLP on

Across the real estate sector, the discussion has often focused on “green” development such as building carbon neutral real estate. Many traditional lenders have also focused their sustainability initiatives on financing...more

BCLP

Greening Real Estate - Where are we now? - Energy Efficiency Series - Part 1

BCLP on

Against the ambitious backdrop set by the Paris Climate Agreement to reach net-0 by 2050, there is a clear drive by corporations to move forward on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

ESG Funds/Carbon Credit Project Developers: LSE Launches The New Voluntary Carbon Market Designation

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

On 10 October 2022, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) introduced the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) with the aim of promoting transparency and standardising carbon disclosures (a counter to “greenwashing”) and increasing the...more

BCLP

The role of planning in the fight against climate change

BCLP on

Planning legislation has been framed over many years to grapple with climate change and there is no doubt that there is real impetus at all levels of development to ensure that climate targets are met. In this blog we discuss...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Net Zero Strategy: Understanding the Impact on Key Sectors

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The strategy sets out plans to reduce emissions from key sectors of the UK economy to ensure that the UK remains on track for net zero by 2050. On 19 October 2021, the UK government published its climate change strategy,...more

BCLP

A roadmap to biodiversity net gain under the Environment Bill

BCLP on

The planning system has long sought to avoid the most severe adverse impacts on biodiversity, but it is unable to secure routine biodiversity improvement.  The Environment Bill, which is going through Parliament at the...more

BCLP

Reviving the economy. Building the future.

BCLP on

Ahead of the planned July fiscal stimulus in which the Chancellor is set to announce some limited measures, BCLP has summarised predictions for energy, environment & infrastructure. Infrastructure tonic – the UK needs to...more

Hogan Lovells

A change in the wind? Heathrow expansion policy ruled unlawful in victory for climate campaigners

Hogan Lovells on

The Court of Appeal returned a ruling on 27 February 2020 that the UK government's policy statement which included the government's approval of the Heathrow expansion was unlawful because it did not consider the impact of the...more

14 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide