The government’s rhetoric on overhauling the environmental impact assessment (EIA) regime has alarmed professionals, although most agree it could be improved. Catherine Early reports

The developer behind a huge proposed landfill extension and hazardous waste facility in Northamptonshire has been told by the Planning Inspectorate that the scheme’s future environmental statement cannot scope out the effects of particulate matter pollution

The energy secretary Alok Sharma has concluded that offshore wind farms set to be built in an EU-protected area of the North Sea will not significantly harm harbour porpoise populations, subject to additional mitigation measures being put in place

Plans for a 350-megawatt solar farm near Chelmsford in Essex have been revealed by a joint venture that includes energy firm EDF Renewables UK

The MHCLG has appointed the co-chair of the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission to spearhead a new advisory design body to help ensure that ‘beauty, design and high environmental standards’ become ‘fundamental to every planning application’ in England

The government has approved the construction of a Brexit lorry park without completing or publishing an environmental impact assessment, according to reports