Urban tree challenge funds from Defra https://www.gov.uk/government/news/second-round-of-urban-tree-challenge-fund-opens-today £10m to boost tree planting in second auction of Woodland Carbon Guarantee Farmers and land managers can apply for the scheme to create new woodlands that help tackle the effects of climate change. Defra: The Forestry Commission has today (Tuesday 14 April) announced that £10m will be available […]
This supplementary planning document sets out the standards required to meet the visions, objectives and policies of the Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Local Plans as sustainably as possible. It comes at a critical time in the approach to climate change and the environmental crisis by both local and national government, and after Parliament revised the […]
Water companies have seen their proposals for new sector guidance on sewerage asset adoption given the go-ahead from the water industry regulator. The sector was challenged by Ofwat in 2017, through its Code for Adoption Agreements, to devise new standards for the construction by developers of new sewerage assets that are to be transferred to the […]
Simple SuDS for local people Phiala Mehring: Trustee of the National Flood Forum ‘Drainage is one of those ‘out of sight and out of mind’ type things. For most of us, the only time we contemplate drainage is when it goes wrong. In fairness, there wasn’t really a lot any of us could do in […]
More planning applications held up by SuDS design in England than in Wales Planning applications are twice as likely to be blocked or delayed due to sustainable drainage system (SuDS) design in England than in Wales, according to a new report published today by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Wavin. Based on a representative […]
Integrating green and blue spaces into our cities – Making it happen [PDF] Summary Authors: Kathryn Brown, Dr Ana Mijic Imperial College, Grantham Institute This briefing paper considers how blue-green infrastructure can improve the overall quality of life in cities, and how a framework that fully takes into account the multiple benefits of blue-green infrastructure can help […]
Slow the Flow Calderdale has produced a set of infographics and videos illustrating what can be achieved. Click here for more information
Seen in the context of SuDS this is a useful pot of money that put to use to demonstrate the value of trees in relation to mitigating urban flooding. Defra – Government delivers new £10m fund to plant over 130,000 urban trees Environment Secretary Michael Gove announces grants will be made available over the next […]