Following the adoption of the Local Plan Strategy last year, the council is preparing a number of additional planning policy documents. These are being consulted on between 11 September

Earlier today DEFRA published their response to the Consultation on National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure – types and sizes of projects.  This effectively sets the criteria to determine

The government has invited councils and developers to bid for support and funding to deliver 'discrete new settlements' or 'transformational' redevelopments of existing settlements, under criteria set out in

The Government is consulting on the possible inclusion of shale gas production projects as part of the NSIP regime here. They are particularly interested to hear from: onshore oil

The Crown Estate holds industry and stakeholder engagement to explore potential new offshore wind leasing.

It doesn't seem like that long ago that the UK was in the initial throws of a wind energy revolution.  Unfortunately, UK planning policy (and a change of government)