Ministers to overhaul avoid 'green tape' to avoid £100m 'bat tunnel' saga
A review of environmental guidance has made several recommendations to remove duplication, ambiguity or inconsistency.
New building rules could still require ‘bat tunnels and fish discos’ – MP
Tory shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake said new planning legislation could still be delayed by nature restoration ...
UK pushes reforms of "green tape" in bid to boost growth and nature
(Alliance News) - The UK government is pushing reforms to environmental regulations that aim to boost growth and nature and avoid repeats of the GBP100 million "bat tunnel".
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Plaid Cymru demand for ‘fair share’ from HS2 voted down
The Senedd rejected Plaid Cymru calls to demand HS2 be redesignated as an England-only project to unlock billions of pounds ...
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Anger as quango which prompted HS2 to build a bat tunnel to be handed new powers to purchase land to offset damage done to nature by new developments
Last year, the chair of HS2 Ltd revealed that it is spending £100million on a bat tunnel to appease Natural England because the creatures are protected. A Tory spokesman said: ‘Gold plating of ...
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Businesses push government to extend HS2 line
These include to change HS2 to a "Euston-Crewe core" and fund the ... to improving rail travel in the Midlands and northern England. "We are currently reviewing the position we have inherited ...
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The brutally honest reply when minister was asked why HS2 was considered an England and Wales scheme
But, asked to justify why HS2, the high speed rail link project between London and the Midlands, was an England and Wales scheme despite not an inch of track being in Wales, he said: "I probably ...