As part of the Qualified Persons (QPs) renewal process in the assessment year (i.e. every 5 years starting from 2019), QPs are reminded that the QP Assessment and the DoW CoP Professional Report must be ...
Government has published updated Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) for Biodiversity Net Gain. This includes changes to the previously published draft PPG. Further information is available here.
The International Sustainable Remediation Forum Groups and Partners (collectively known as International Sustainable Remediation Alliance (ISRA)) November 2023 meeting notes are now available. These can ...
The DoW CoP team is receiving an increasing number of notifications from project teams shortly after issue of Declarations, to correct the name of the person/organisation responsible for the submission ...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published the final part of the package of information concerning Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). This piece of guidance includes how it affects land managers, ...
... or true/false answers. The pass mark is 80% for all participants.
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Cluster Guide
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Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) ...
The Government has set out the new timetable for new housing, commercial and infrastructure developments with respect to Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). Further information is available here and additional ...
The Development of Land Affected by Contamination: A Guide for Developers (version 4) was published in September 2023 by the Welsh Local Government Association, Natural Resources Wales & Welsh Government. ...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will be introduced from November 2023. Further information is available in the press release here. ...
In England and UK, biodiversity indicators have been published. Further information is available here. The next full update is to take place after the review of the indicators has been completed in 2023. ...
The NQMS steering group has recently published a bulletin titled "Myth Busters". This is a short bulletin that has been prepared to answer some of the questions that are often raised about the NQMS. It ...
The Land Trust has recently published a report titled "Delivering mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain - Identifying the challenges and its impact on the residential development industry". This report is as ...
Society of Brownfield Risk Assessors (SoBRA) has now published a series of accessible and concise practitioners' guides to support informed decision making with respect to vapour intrusion (VI) risk ...
The Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment (SoBRA) has recently published a report on incorporating climate change considerations into controlled waters risk assessment. It is available to download for ...
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is currently consulting on a biodiversity metric for measuring biodiversity net gain. Following this consultation, the statutory metric will be ...
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Two new members have joined the TRG this year - Edward Lewis brings regulatory experience from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Jess Shaw from Arcadis joins as an Early Career ...
The University of Plymouth is home to world-leading researchers in various aspects of soil research. Working with partners including the world-famous Eden Project, it has over a decade of expertise in ...
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) wants to hear from industry about how biodiversity net gain will work in practice. The consultation sets out Defra's proposals and asks questions ...
