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Monitor Environment Agency 15 Jul 2026

Guidance: Collect and treat non-hazardous waste from different businesses located within the same premises: RPS 224

The Environment Agency has updated its regulatory position statement on collecting and treating non-hazardous waste from different businesses within the same premises. It confirms that an environmental permit is still legally required for the waste operation, but enforcement action is unlikely if the stated conditions are met, and the review date has been extended to 30 April 2029.

Environment & Flood Risk Regulation Compliance

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Monitor Planning Inspectorate 14 Jul 2026

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: Advice on Habitats Regulations Assessments

The Planning Inspectorate has published non-statutory advice explaining how Habitats Regulations Assessments apply to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. It sets out the assessment stages, including screening, appropriate assessment and derogations, and reiterates that applicants must provide the information needed for decision-making under the relevant regulations.

Planning Environment & Flood Risk Regulation

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Monitor Planning Inspectorate 14 Jul 2026

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: Advice on the Water Framework Directive

The Planning Inspectorate has published non-statutory advice explaining how the Water Environment Regulations 2017 and the Water Framework Directive should be considered in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project applications. The guidance sets out the roles of the Secretary of State, Examining Authority and applicants in assessing potential effects on water bodies and ensuring sufficient information is available for decision-making.

Planning Environment & Flood Risk Regulation

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Monitor Environment Agency 14 Jul 2026

Operation cracks down on waste crime in Cumbria

The Environment Agency led a multi-agency operation in Cumbria targeting waste carriers and permitted waste sites, with checks on vehicle movements, licences, paperwork and permit compliance. Several breaches were identified and further investigation and enforcement action may follow under the agency’s wider 10 Point Plan to tackle waste crime.

Environment & Flood Risk Compliance Regulation

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Monitor Planning Inspectorate 14 Jul 2026

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: Commitments Register

The Planning Inspectorate has published non-statutory advice on using a Commitments Register for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs). The guidance explains how applicants should record and update mitigation, design and monitoring commitments from scoping through to post-decision stages, including submission alongside the Environmental Statement.

Planning Regulation Environment & Flood Risk

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Monitor Place North West 14 Jul 2026

Campaigners demand answers from Manchester on Ryebank Fields

Campaigners are pressing Manchester City Council for a decision on competing planning applications for Ryebank Fields in Chorlton, where developers Step Places and Southway Housing propose a 120-home scheme and local residents want the land retained as community woodland. The article highlights delays in determining both applications and notes that the developer revised its plans in May to address drainage and flood mitigation concerns.

Planning Housing Market Environment & Flood Risk

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