Sunlight and grazing sheep … plus new woodlands, wild meadows, hedgerows and enhanced natural biodiversity. Add 49.9MW of annual clean green energy for local and national use and the result is a project that will help the UK to meet its 2050 net-zero climate change...
Nine out of ten rejected planning applications go to appeal. One in three are successful. A key aim is to stress higher values that the planning authorities may have missed the first time around. And that is where carefully prepared information and a well-argued case...
In 2022, solar power provided 4.4% (13GW) of the UK's electricity generation mix. In the same year, a record 4GW of additional solar capacity was approved across the UK. With the Government's net zero target date of 2050, numbers are set to increase with renewable energy...
Renewable energy projects are now part of the low-carbon drive to reduce, end, or even reverse climate change-related damage. But a rapid increase in residential and commercial developments is also helping to tackle another significant challenge - regenerating the decaying English regions. In the north, this...
Helena Du-Roe, Senior Environmental Hydrologist at Enzygo, discusses the importance of the Humber Estuary, with a short discussion on how to defend the Humber Estuary from future flood risk. The North Sea flood of 1953 caused widespread flooding across the east of the United Kingdom (UK),...
Excess nutrient run-offs from new developments in England are now banned. The latest challenge has been to approve a robust model for assessing how much phosphorus and nitrogen is involved that threaten biodiversity and highly-protected species. That question has now been answered. The basic problem is...
Levelling up - or down - is not creating a level playing field. Barnsley, for example, has been given only part of the vital funding it needs. Other areas have received more - with ‘blue’ constituencies clearly winning out over ‘red’ ones? But is levelling...
The world has finally woken up to the fact that the natural world is in crisis - and major new international and national conservation targets are expected soon. What does this mean for developers and local projects in England? I would like to look at...
Enzygo, a rapidly-growing UK environmental and planning consultancy group of companies, has acquired Brown 2 Green Associates a multi-disciplinary geotechnical and geo-environmental consultancy based in Cambridge, to further expand its capabilities and geographical presence. Brown 2 Green Associates brings exceptional technical expertise in environmental and...
Environmental apprentices and graduates … their futures and ours Young people are the future. But with so many problems and crises laying ahead, we are the present generation who must help them to understand, become skilled, and prepare for the environmental uncertainties they will face in...