The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has finally nestled down amongst us. Refreshingly for the mineral sector, it starts positively, with an acknowledgement that "minerals are essential to support sustainable economic growth and our quality of life". That's good to hear for those in the sector...
In Heard v Broadland District Council and Ors. EWHC (Admin) [2012] the claimant, who opposed urbanisation generally, challenged the adoption by the defendants of their Joint Core Strategy (JCS). The challenge centred around the adequacy of a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) undertaken in relation...
The UK has a target to deliver 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 and the Committee on Climate Change has advised that the most practicable renewable source is offshore wind. This is because of how much wind there is around the UK, the relative maturity of the technology to harness...
The task of the British Ceramic Confederation (BCC) is to represent and safeguard the collective interests of all sectors of the UK ceramic manufacturing industry.
Roisin Willmott looks at current initiatives to enable mineral planning to support economic recovery in Wales and how it is seeking to overcome serious financial constraints on the public sector to achieve this.
As Mineral Planning develops and moves into new media formats parallels can be seen with developments in policy in Wales and the possibility of an independent Scotland.
In R. (on the application of Celtic Energy Ltd) v Welsh Ministers [October 2011] a mining company appealed against a judgement refusing to quash a decision of the Welsh ministers to uphold refusal of permission for an extension to an opencast coal site.
As government works towards 'zero waste', Ian Hetherington, director general of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), explains what's needed to ensure metals recycling and recovery is maximised.
Past ambiguities, widely varying interpretations and heavy dependence on case law mean that mineral reservations often present a confused picture, warns Stephen Barry
Green Alliance's report Reinventing the wheel: a circular economy for resource security argues that the 'raw materials' debate is on dangerously narrow ground.
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