The Shoreditch Works application has taken 4 years and 9,000 pages of documents. Hackney Council has concluded what this project needs is… more documents.
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The Shoreditch Works application has taken 4 years and 9,000 pages of documents. Hackney Council has concluded what this project needs is… more documents.
NEW: Labour are on track to miss their 1.5 million home by a distance.
Our analysis of planning application data predicts only 800,000 homes will be built in England by 2029.
Just 3.4% of people in England live somewhere on track to meet their housing target.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labours-15...
NEW: This government on track to build fewer homes than the last one.
They need ~45k planning applications a month for the 1.5m home target.
They're nowhere near it, and only on track to build 800,000.
We now need a sustained surge in building, Sam Richards tells @itvnews.bsky.social.
Join the campaign by filling out the form at the bottom of this page.
www.newnuclearenergy.scot#supporters
Agree with the campaign? Join us at tonight's launch event in Glasgow.
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How we're making the case:
- Nuclear energy is clean power that can complement Scotland's renewables
- New nuclear brings jobs and investment that can transform communities and set young Scots up for life
- Banning nuclear is deindustrialisation
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2582708...
The communities that have hosted nuclear power are its strongest supporters.
"In the north Highlands, we have lived the reality of nuclear energy for decades and the transformative impact on our economy." - North Highland Chamber of Commerce.
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Scotland has the sites, skills and nuclear energy heritage to play a major role in the global renaissance of nuclear energy.
Nations all over the world are exploring the next generation of nuclear energy technology. Scotland shouldn't be left out.
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Logo for the Scotland For Nuclear Energy campaign.
Today we're part of the launch of Scotland For Nuclear Energy - a coalition of communities, businesses and campaigners calling on the Scottish Government to lift the ban on new nuclear power in Scotland.
More information and coverage of the launch below.
Would you say a 9,054-page planning application for an office block and some flats is:
A) Too long
B) About right
C) Not long enough
If you answered C, congratulations! You could work at Hackney Council.
This is a must-read.
A forensic analysis of a planning application (and a report from planners recommending its refused).
Kafkaesque is over-used, but it is the perfect description of the process so far for the extremely popular Shoreditch Works scheme.
EMAIL YOUR MP: join the call for no U-turn on the Fingleton recommendations.
www.britainremade.co.uk/backthenucle...
An incredibly correct letter, signed by no less than ten former guests on YIMBY Pod/The Abundance Agenda!
Image shows the full text of the letter signed by 45 figures. The letter is too long for alt text, but can be summarised as defending the Fingleton review over a recent Wildlife Trusts report on these grounds: Some nature NGOs have now begun to campaign against recommendations 11, 12, and 19 of the review. These reforms would: · Remove the costly requirement for like-for-like on-site environmental mitigation (11) · Create a streamlined alternative pathway for compliance with the habitats regulation that would unlock significant funding for nature recovery (12) · Remove the vague National Park Duty introduced by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (19)
NEW: 45 leading figures from academia, business and politics tell Ed Miliband "Don't U-turn" on the commitment to implement every recommendation of the Fingleton Nuclear Regulatory Review.
Full letter below.
Is it me or is this really egregious?
Green NGOs have published a briefing claiming that the Fingleton Review into nuclear regulation made up a key case study.
The only problem is they didn't. And it isn't hard to check.
Hi John, we're just suggesting that sites where car parks make up more than 25% of the area get the brownfield discount to the Building Safety Levy - this would increase incentives building there (including demolishing existing buildings) as brownfield development is more expensive to do.
NEW: Britain's latest CfD auction secured a record 8.4GW of wind capacity.
New projects will be awarded 20-year fixed-price contracts at £91 per MWh. The highest price 2015.
Why has wind power got more expensive and what will it mean for bills?
www.samdumitriu.com/p/britains-l...
Britain has bought 8.4GW of new wind capacity on 20 year contracts at £91.20 per MWh.
What does this mean for energy bills? For decarbonisation? And why have renewables got more expensive?
@samdumitriu.bsky.social explains in his new Substack.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/britains-l...
It is more expensive to build on previously-developed land than greenfield. A new tax on housebuilding (Building Safety Levy) was meant to have a lower rate for it.
One problem: the discount is defined in a way that rules out almost all brownfield sites.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/the-buildi...
The Government have come up with another new tax proposal that will make it harder to build where they most need to.
Are supermarkets, industrial estates, and railway sidings 'brownfield land'?
The answer is no.
At least that's what the Government's definition for a new tax on housebuilding says.
Our campaign director Sam Richards explains.
So do check out this week's show as it's a good one. We've got:
- Badgers making life miserable for one village
- The biggest infrastructure project you've never heard of
- And Michael Hill from @britainremade.bsky.social on China and Net-Zero Tech!
www.abundancepod.com/p/bodge-up-a...
New: Britain can't decarbonise quickly without buying a lot of Chinese tech.
What are the risks of becoming dependent on China for solar panels, batteries, and EVs?
Britain Remade's China expert Michael Hill explains what we should and shouldn't worry about.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/how-worrie...
From solar panels to EVs, China dominates green supply chains.
So how did they get there?
@britainremade.bsky.social's Michael Hill explains that it wasn't some grand strategy, but applying the East Asian industrial model to 1.4bn people.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/why-china-...
This is potentially one of the most transformational policies this government has done if it holds its nerve.
Really good and thoughtful write-up of one of the most positive changes Labour is attempting to make, this:
NEW: Labour just announced the biggest change in planning policy in 80 years.
My breakdown of the key measures and whether they will succeed.
www.samdumitriu.com/p/labour-are...
Pause this GIF for proof that Britain's forgotten how to build.👇
This is a vital report.
Whether or not the Government accept it in full, is a test of whether they are serious about growth.
If the Government’s promise of a new golden age for nuclear power is to have any weight, they should accept all 47 of the Taskforce’s recommendations at the Budget on Wednesday.
Anything less would show the government is not serious about growth or getting bills down. 4/4
