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Gwyn Williams, Head of Reserves and Protected Areas, contributes this blog about the Severn Barrage, following this week’s publicity around a new proposal by Hafren Power: With a week gone, Martin’s prediction that it was likely to be a quiet fortnight is looking a little insecure, given...

In the past couple of days we have had two clear signs that the Government is willing to listen to public concerns over planning. First we heard the news we had been waiting for for a long time that the Secretary of State was backing a decision to block a housing estate at South Ascot, close to the...

The departure of MPs on their summer recess usually signals the start of the silly season, as far as the media is concerned. But, far from being silly, most of the headlines at the moment seem very serious indeed. And we've been rather serious ourselves this week. We think that aspects of the...