Nationally Significant Infrastructure: ensuring environmental protection protects growth Summary The Government has already demonstrated its intention to revise and reform planning guidance to support economic growth, in the NPPF, while affording proper protection to environmental receptors. The recent publication of ...

The draft ministerial decree on renewables (non PV) (“MD”) has been a long time coming and is welcomed by operators in the renewables industry.  The increase in the budget available for technologies other than solar PV is a positive sign. ...

On 27 March 2012, as predicated by the 2012 Budget, the Coalition Government published the National Planning Policy Framework (“NPPF”). This followed the making of the Localism Act in November 2011 and its publication confirms that England has now entered ...

On 26 March 2012, DECC released a consultation on introducing an interim cost control mechanism which it states would ‘enable budgets to be controlled until the longer-term cost control measures are in place’. The consultation appears to have arisen from ...

UK Supreme Court rejects Government’s application for leave to appeal in relation to solar feed-in tariffs The Supreme Court has today refused the Department for Energy and Climate Change (‘DECC’) permission to appeal against the determination of the Court of ...

Chancellor George Osborne confirmed in yesterday’s 2012 Budget that he wanted to “see investment in our world-leading energy sector including renewables”, adding that “renewable energy will play a crucial part in Britain’s energy mix”. The following areas will be of ...

Today, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced that the headquarters of the GIB will be located in Edinburgh, with the GIB’s main transaction team based in London. The GIB, which aims to promote uptake in renewables by providing a platform to ...