Jul 01, 2024 Nutrient Neutrality and Reserved Matters: No End to the Unfairness By John Bosworth The Court of Appeal has turned down CG Fry’s appeal against the High Court’s ruling that the nutrient neutrality rules were lawful. That...
May 16, 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain for new development - implications By Robin Barnes Earlier this year my planning colleague, John Bosworth, published an article outlining which biodiversity net gain (BNG) policies have so...
May 01, 2024 Branching out: Bywater’s timber Paradise leads by example By Scott Burn The real estate development landscape is changing. Owing to a combination of top-down “net zero” targets, and a bottom-up drive from...
Mar 12, 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain for new development - implications By Robin Barnes Last month my planning colleague, John Bosworth, published an article outlining which biodiversity net gain (BNG) policies have so far...
Feb 12, 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain for new development By John Bosworth After a prolonged and delayed legislative gestation period new developments in England will now have to provide a 10% net gain in...
Sep 27, 2023 Nutrient neutrality: still a major planning issue By John Bosworth Nutrient neutrality are words that many developers just don’t want to hear. The concept stems from EU legislation and case law about...
Aug 02, 2023 Financing Green Hospitality: Empowering Hotels with Green Loans and Sustainability-Linked Loans By Brooke McNeil It is estimated that there are over 17.5m hotel rooms globally, with more in the development pipeline. The hotel sector, like the broader...
Jul 25, 2023 This isn't just a planning decision, this is an M&S planning decision By Robin Barnes The hottest planning decision of the summer is in! Last Thursday, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities rejected...
Jul 06, 2023 Another retrofit over rebuild triumph By Maples Teesdale After attending Maples Teesdale and Realty Insurances 'Back to the future: The carbon advantage of retrofit over rebuild' event last...
May 25, 2023 Drafting the SLL Model Provisions By Maples Teesdale The MT REF team recently attended the LMA’s Sustainable Finance Early Evening Seminar – following the publication of the model provisions...
May 10, 2023 Model Provisions for Sustainability-Linked Loans – Key Features By Maples Teesdale The LMA has published model provisions for sustainability-linked loans, following the recent updates to the Sustainability Linked Loan...
Apr 28, 2023 Focus on… Sustainability Linked Loans By Zoe Miller Sustainability linked loans (′SLLs′) are loans where a proportion of the interest rate is linked to the borrower’s ability to meet...