The Government has today (30 July) announced a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to be completed by the end of the year to deliver our legally binding targets to save nature. (Source Government Press Release) The Government will develop a new, statutory plan to protect and restore our natural environment with delivery […]
Category: General Updates
Clean energy subsidy auction up by £500 million
Wind of change (Copied from Tortoise Media) The Labour government boosted the nation’s annual clean energy subsidy auction by £500 million yesterday, making record amounts of money available to developers and bringing the total on offer to £1.5 billion. This year’s extra cash is a bid to avert 2023’s catastrophic offshore wind contracts auction, which […]
River Seine Cleanup for the Triathalon
How the Olympics Triathlon has been used to clean up the River Sein (Source: WIRED 2 Aud 24) The goal of the Seine-cleansing project is to produce swimmable conditions for the people of Paris for years to come—the Olympics was just a milestone in getting there. The intense scrutiny on the Seine ahead of the […]
OPEN LETTER to all South and Vale District Councillors re Proposed Developments in Flood Plains and Inadequate Sewage Capacity.
Everything has changed. Our safety is at risk. 5,000 dwellings foisted onto South Oxfordshire’s Green Belt by Oxford City and forced through by Government in 2020, cannot be built. Not unless we want to revert to Victorian conditions with all the public health implications of a sewage-filled river. The Environment Agency (EA) objects to building […]
Environment Agency slams plans for development North of Bayswater Brook
The Environment Agency objects in principle to the proposed development as it falls within a flood risk vulnerability category that is inappropriate to the Flood Zone(s) in which the application site is located. They do not have enough information to be satisfied that the proposed development can meet requirements for the net improvement of ecology […]
High Court overturns inspectors’ decision to water down net zero policy in council’s 2,200-home plan
Ricardo Gama, solicitor at Leigh Day which acted on behalf of the claimant, said: “The judge has found that the government’s planning inspectors were wrong to hold that national planning policy prevented local authorities from setting climate-compatible energy efficiency requirements for new buildings. The case is a frustrating example of a local authority trying to […]
Response by a Bioabundance member the Joint South and Vale Local Plan
“The Vision needs a stronger indication of the connection between people’s wellbeing and the wider flourishing of the natural environment and to emphasise that this needs to be planned for. Furthermore, that this is not a matter of just protecting a few special sites but requires positive action across the whole area. For example “For […]
Bioabundance Comments on the Joint South and Vale Local Plan.
Bioabundance agrees with the Vision and Objectives of the Joint South and Vale Local Plan but emphasises that Zero carbon, nature restored and the wellbeing of future generations, are key to the interests of Bioabundance Community Interest Company (170 members including parish councils and other community groups, predominantly in South Oxfordshire). Meeting these needs is […]
Prioritising Climate and the Environment in the General Election
The upcoming election will be critical for the environment. The next five years – the likely life of the next government – will be the five years in which we have to make real progress on climate and biodiversity if we are to avoid the worst impacts. These issues cannot be delayed any further. Whatever […]
Stop the Road Jack ! (HIF1 Planning Inquiry Oxfordshire)
We wish all our supporters a Happy New Year. Thank you for your donation which will help us to put a strong case against the HIF1 road and to work with and support the Rule 6 parties opposing the scheme at the Planning Inquiry. Proofs of Evidence are due in January and Public Hearings […]