Day: 1 September 2025

PRCA Launches Consultation Charter for Public Consultations to Set New Standard in Planning Engagement

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) have announced the launch of the Consultation Charter for Public Consultations, a new initiative designed to raise the quality, transparency, and inclusivity of public consultation processes across planning and development projects. ​  This Charter has been developed as a flagship PRCA project to support stakeholders involved in planning applications, including planning authorities, developers, consultants, and community organisations, in delivering meaningful and ethical public engagement. Its launch comes at a time when the demand for greater community involvement and accountability in local development has never been…

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New environmental charity to invest £78m in boosting Suffolk’s biodiversity

Stuart Mitchell

A pioneering new environmental charity has pledged to spend at least £78m on boosting biodiversity in Suffolk. East Suffolk Trust (EaST), jointly established by Sizewell C, East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council, aims to make East Suffolk the most ecologically diverse and resilient area in England. Funded by Sizewell C – the new 3.2GW nuclear power project under construction on the Suffolk coast – EaST will distribute funds to local organisations through a dedicated grant scheme. Governed by a Board of independent Trustees, the trailblazing charity could serve as…

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CATF to EPA: Strong technical record and legal foundation require EPA to regulate carbon pollution from power plants under the Clean Air Act

Stuart Mitchell

Clean Air Task Force (CATF), along with partner organizations, submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to its proposed repeal of the carbon pollution standards for existing coal-fired and new gas-fired power plants.    “EPA has the responsibility – and the legal obligation – to reduce pollution that warms the planet and harms human health, which is exactly what the agency did when it finalized power plant carbon standards last year,” said Frank Sturges, attorney at CATF. “Eliminating these rules ignores the facts: pollution from power plants…

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Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award

Stuart Mitchell

Citizens House in Lewisham was designed in collaboration with residents and partly funded through Big Issue Invest, Big Issue’s social investment arm. Now the homes have been nominated for RIBA’s Neave Brown Award for affordable housing Community land trust homes in London that will remain “permanently affordable” and were partly funded by Big Issue have been nominated for a prestigious architecture prize. Citizens House in Lewisham, south-east London, opened its doors in 2023 offering 11 homes linked to local incomes at the cost of £2.5 million and 10 years of…

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LEGO® knight rides again with a new quest: More sustainable LEGO play

Stuart Mitchell

The LEGO Group has launched a new campaign, Built for Tomorrow, showcasing the company’s ongoing sustainability journey and the innovation behind every LEGO® brick. At the heart of the campaign is a LEGO Minifigure from the past: a knight from the classic 1978 Yellow Castle set, whose brick-built durability has been tested over decades of play. Through his eyes, Built for Tomorrow explores how the LEGO Group is rethinking materials and investing in a more sustainable future for play, without compromising the quality, safety or durability that LEGO bricks are…

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