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🏡 An arboricultural impact assessment may be REQUIRED for your development project. Our latest blog breaks down everything you need to know about AIAs, from tree surveys to tree protection plans: https://bit.ly/3y7SCwH Our expert tree care professionals will guide you through every step, making sure your development goes without a hitch! 📞 020 4531 6444 📧 admin@arbor-cultural.com #ArboriculturalImpactAssessment #PlanningApplication #TreeProtection #TreeCare #SustainableDevelopment #AIABlog

What is an Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIA)? Regarding construction projects or land development, it is crucial to consider the impact on existing trees. An Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIA) is a comprehensive evaluation that examines the potential effects of a proposed development on the surrounding trees. This assessment provides valuable insights, helping to identify any trees that may be affected, either directly or indirectly, by the planned activities. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eNmsbMhf #ArboriculturalImpactAssessment #AIA #trees #environment #impact #surveys #treemanagement #advice #Norfolk

Our short guide highlighting good practice for mandatory BNG is out!

"Regardless of the complexity of a case, Ecology Building Society is eager to find out more, offering a diverse range of mortgage products available to promote sustainable living. They embrace non-standard construction types, assist in renovation projects aimed at significantly enhancing property energy efficiency and extend support to various initiatives such as affordable housing and off-site construction." - BestAdvice Read the full article at: https://loom.ly/sCP-S_g

See a write up of Peiying Hong's #naturewater paper on the importance of including/prioritizing urban landscapes in the regions greening initiates.

UNP+ Cities Questionnaire: Capacity Building Needs for Urban Nature Plans: Are you a representative of a City or Municipal authority in Europe? Our survey is aimed to evaluate capacity building needs for local authorities across the EU. It is intended for local authority participants (and their representatives) from EU cities of over 20,000 inhabitants, who are involved in urban greening and/or urban nature planning. The survey should be filled out by someone with a good 'bigger picture' overview of urban nature initiatives within your organisation. The survey is being undertaken as part of the EU Horizon 'Urban Nature Plans +' Project (UNP+). It aims to identify the needs for training and capacity building to assist local authorities to draft and implement effective Urban Nature Plans (UNP). The information will be used to help local authorities to develop and implement their own UNPs in accordance with the EU's 2030 Vision for Biodiversity and the EU Nature Restoration Law. Please lend your support to our survey to help roll out Urban Nature Plans across Europe. Link to the survey: https://lnkd.in/eC3rZUAF

Discover the full potential of your land development project with Sebago Technics. Understanding the lay of the land is key, and when it comes to factors like vernal pools, every detail matters. These unique natural features, though often unnoticed, have significant influence. Vernal pools are more than just seasonal ponds - they impact your plans for personal, commercial, or ecological development. Explore our most recent findings to navigate these complexities and ensure your project harmonizes with nature. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eMUTS4fR

Check it out! A Low-EMF eco community in Nicaragua proposed by @ecicommunities! We aren't a part of this project, and can't speak to the level of material caution or safety used, but we applaud the endeavor to create environments safe from harmful electropollution What do you think? #econest #emfprotection #buildinghealthyhomes #buildingbiology #holisticbuilding #nontoxichome #nontoxicbuilding #healthyarchitecture #sustainablearchitecture

2024 has been a year of great growth for our Latinx professional network, el Merequetengue. We have a website (https://lnkd.in/g7xjTyVW); we have an active Instagram page (https://lnkd.in/gjGn-6aX); we are launching a quarterly newsletter; we’ve been meeting monthly to advance goals of equity, inclusion, and building knowledge around our homelands in Latin America. And this is not all! We are planning our 3rd celebration of Latin American Landscape Architects at the ASLA Conference in Washington DC. As you can see, we have so many things to celebrate with our community! Our theme for this year is Stories of Adaptation, and --coincidentally-- came across this quote. Felt so right. “Embrace Change / Anticipate + Adapt We know trees, plants and other living things grow. But the entire world is changing, sometimes dramatically, before our eyes. Oceans and rivers rise and fall, and occasionally flood. Weather intensifies and ebbs. Cliffs erode while beaches are built and rebuilt. These are constant, open cycles; conditions do not simply repeat. These open cycles, and the landscapes caught up in them, evolve and adapt. Odum’s Energy Diagram: Energy and Matter Flows through and Ecosystem expresses the open-ended nature of ecosystem dynamics, with inputs and outputs that connect a particular ecosystem to external forces-forces that could shape and be shaped by internal forces and mechanisms. Models like Odum’s partly inform complex adaptive systems ecology, which explicitly acknowledges that environmental health is best measured by an organism’s or an ecosystem’s ability not merely to survive or even resist change in the environment, but especially to adapt to it.” Chris Reed What's your story of adaptation? Sunday October 6th 5-7PM Register here: https://lnkd.in/gjPJDez2

🌲 BNG UPDATE 🌳 Following a number of postponements, DEFRA has officially announced the commencement date for the introduction of #biodiversitynetgain. From 12th February 2024, BNG becomes mandatory for new planning applications for major development (subject to the confirmed exemptions), which is only a couple of weeks away. Major development includes residential developments with 10 or more dwellings, or where the site area is greater than 0.5 hectares.   The policy, introduced by the 2021 Environment Act, will require developers to demonstrate how they plan to achieve a minimum 10% increase in biodiversity with all new developments in order to obtain planning permission. Because the 10% BNG requirement set out in legislation is mandatory, so there is no scope for local authorities to reduce the requirement based on viability or other issues.   Transitional arrangements There will be a transition period for small sites which means that BNG won’t apply to smaller schemes until 2nd April 2024. Small site development includes: Residential development where the number of dwellings is between 1 and 9, or if unknown the site area is less than 0.5 hectares. Commercial development where floor space created is less than 1,000 square metres or the total site area is less than 1 hectare. These transitional arrangements also mean that if a section 73 application is made to vary a planning condition on an application which was either submitted or approved before the BNG start date, that section 73 application will also be exempt from BNG.   Exemptions Applications made under other routes, for example deemed permissions under section 90 TCPA 1990 or permission granted by a Local Development Order, will not be subject to mandatory BNG, yet. The approval of reserved matters for outline planning permissions are also not within the scope of biodiversity net gain (as they are not a grant of planning permission).   BNG also does not apply to certain other types of development including householder development, schemes allowed under permitted development rights, small self-build schemes and proposals affecting less than 25sqm of habitat or 5m of linear habitat (such as a hedgerow). For further information, please contact Jonathan Buckwell or Lauren Sinden. #townplanning #planningpermission #planning #environmentalplanning #ecology