07 Aug 2024
In a new blog, Ruth Andreyeva, Natural England’s Director of Land, Water and Seas strategy, outlines lessons from working with LPAs since long before BNG became mandatory. 1. Be strategic Assessing how best to deliver benefits for nature and local people and communities 2. Work with others Sharing good practice among […]
18 May 2023
CIWEM has published a new report, funded by the Association of SuDS Authorities (ASA) and the Local Government Technical Advisory Group for Flood Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM), on Surface Water Management. Risk Management Authorities (RMAs), particularly local government, are significantly under-resourced to manage surface water flood risk. Only a third of RMAs that responded to a survey for the report said they have a full complement of staff to deliver surface […]
07 Dec 2016
A new report is warning that the majority of new local plans in England are failing to cut carbon emissions and to plan for the scale of severe weather predicted over future years. The report Planning for the Climate Challenge? Understanding the performance of English Local Plans, which examined the most recently prepared plans in England, found […]