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CAAV Note 240715: Solar Farms - Government Gives Permissions

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This note reviews key sections of ministerial decisions on three large solar farm DCO applications covering around 6,500 acres:the Sunnica application for 2,700 acres in west Suffolk and Cambridgeshirethe Mallard Pass application for 2,100 acres in Rutland and South Kesteven – see decisionthe Gate Burton Energy Park application on 1,690 acres in West Lindsey – see decision...

Jeremy's Blog 12th July 2024: A New Government Takes Over

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This article by Jeremy Moody first appeared in the CAAV e-Briefing of 10th July 2024 We have crossed a threshold, now no longer in an election campaign nor the long shadow cast ahead of it. A large majority is taking office and beginning to find the difficulties of government. We welcome Steve Reed and Daniel Zeichner to their new roles in DEFRA and wish them well. Although Labour won describing the last government in terms of chaos, it is a moment to note some of what was put in place that now...

#64 - Will a change of government really mean change?

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Last week, Labour won a landslide victory in the general election, despite the second lowest voter turnout since 1918. So what is that going to mean for the rural sector? Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, has been unpicking the Party’s manifesto promises and following the subsequent activity in Westminster.

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CAAV Note 260711: Wales - Dynamic Procurement of Advice

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The Welsh Government is to open a “dynamic purchasing system” (DPS) service for potential direct providers of advice to register now to be able later to tender to give advice under the Welsh Government's mantle. This note has more detail.

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Junior DEFRA Ministers

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Two further junior ministers have been appointed to DEFRA to join the Secretary of State, Steve Reed, and Minister of State, Daniel Zeichner: Emma Hardy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and MP for Kingston on Hull West and Haltemprice Baroness Hayman of Ullock, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Lords

240709: Poole Harbour Catchment - Nutrient Mitigation Credits from Natural England

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Natural England have published details on how to apply for Nutrient Mitigation Credits for any housing development in the Poole Harbour Catchment area. The details set out who it eligible, how to calculate how many credits are required, the allocation and prioritisation of credits and how to apply for the Nutrient Mitigation Credits from Natural England. The first round of applications opens at 10am on 31st July 2024 and closes at 11:55pm on 27th August 2024. Full details can be found on the...

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CAAV Note 240708: Climate Change and Dairying

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Kite Consulting has issued a review of the costs of what dairying might need to do to adapt to advancing climate change, The Cost of Climate Resilience - Future Proofing UK Dairy. This note looks at the headline findings of the review.

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New DEFRA Ministers

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Steve Reed was appointed as Secretary of State on Friday and, as of this morning (Monday 8th July), has Daniel Zeichner as Minister of State in DEFRA. Both held the equivalent shadow posts in opposition. Further appointments are expected soon.

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Jeremy's Blog 5th July 2024: Bigger Issues

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This article by Jeremy Moody first appeared in the CAAV e-Briefing of 4th July 2024 This last day of the 2024 general election allows a moment of wider reflection before the business of the new government takes attention. Speaking to the CAAV National Conference last Friday, Jack Bobo, Director of Nottingham University's Food Systems Institute, saw the next 25 years as the most important 25 years in the global history of agriculture, the period until the still growing world population starts...

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CAAV Note 240703: Electronic Communications Code - Code rights after failed 1954 Act claim? - Gravesham Borough Council v On Tower UK Ltd [2024] UKUT 151 (LC)

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Heard by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) as the appeal court to an earlier decision by the First Tier Tribunal, this decision examines whether an operator is entitled to apply for a new Code agreement under paragraph 20 of the Electronic Communications Code where its attempts to secure a new agreement under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 have been unsuccessful.

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CAAV Note 240703: Sewerage Discharges - Potential Liability to Watercourse Owner

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Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Limited No 2 [2024] UKSC 22 This is a Supreme Court decision on a principle of potential interest to all riparian owners of water courses and bodies of water as well as to sewerage undertakers. While confirming a common law right of action for nuisance or trespass in respect of discharges of sewage but did not consider whether any particular claim would be successful....

240701: England - Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare Grant Round 1

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The Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare grant is available to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing (for units over 1,000 birds) to improve animal health and welfare. The grant is up to 40%, between £15,000 and £500,000 per applicant business. The online checker can be used to make an initial online application. The online checker will close at 11:59pm on 18th September 2024....

Jeremy's Blog 28th June 2024: Can Development be Unlocked

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This article by Jeremy Moody first appeared in the CAAV e-Briefing of 27th June 2024 We really have to be careful what laws we write if we are not to be surprised by their effects.Here (and indeed in the USA), a surprising judgment sees the courts get attention when they have merely pointed out what the law says. In Finch v Surrey County Council, the Supreme Court has upheld, by 3 to 2, a judicial review of a 2019 permission for an oil well in Surrey because it had read Regulation 4(2) of the...

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