Inside Housing – News – Government backs environmental regulators with £100m to tackle planning delays

The government has issued new guidelines in the form of strategic policy statements to two environmental regulators in a bid to reset regulation and fast-track homes, transport and clean energy. The Environment Agency is one of the regulators that has been given new directions by the government (picture: Alamy) Sharelines Government backs environmental regulators with…

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Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis | Renewable energy

When Middle Eastern wars sparked an oil crisis in the 1970s, tripling energy prices and throwing economies into chaos, some countries looked beyond short-term solutions. The French made nuclear the pillar of their power system. Scandinavians insulated buildings and funnelled waste heat into homes. The Dutch built bike lanes where others wanted motorways. The Danes…

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Planning reforms have safeguards to protect environment, Government says

The Government has insisted that planning reforms include “numerous safeguards” to protect nature, after rejecting several cross-party recommendations aimed at reducing the environmental impact of new housing. The response follows a report from the Environmental Audit Committee examining how ministers plan to balance ambitious housebuilding targets with environmental commitments. The Committee warned that current measures…

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Green spaces top Ealing environment vote – EALING.NEWS – The Voice of Ealing’s 7 towns

Ealing residents attending a local animal fair have highlighted protecting green spaces and opposing harmful developments as key environmental concerns ahead of the local Ealing Council elections taking place in May Visitors to the Ealing Animal Fair last week (7 March 2026) were invited by campaign group Ealing Friends of the Earth to vote on…

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Women in Construction: Krithika Ramesh, head of built environment and urbanism engagement, Connected Places Catapult | Sponsored

“The sector is so much broader than its traditional perceptions.” For Krithika Ramesh, head of built environment and urbanism engagement at Connected Places Catapult in London, that breadth defines both her career and her ambition for the industry. From her home in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, where she lives with her husband and four-year-old daughter Kaira,…

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