Affinity Water has rewarded Pace Construction, a developer and contractor specialising in new build homes and energy-efficient construction, as the first developer to secure an incentive payment of more than £60,000 through Ofwat’s Environmental Incentives Common Framework (EICF) audit.

Wates Wildscape, a new business dedicated to delivering high-quality biodiversity habitat sites across the UK, has been launched by Wates.

Changes to the environmental permitting system will reduce waiting times for permits – getting businesses building, delivering much-needed new housing and infrastructure, and unlocking economic growth, Environment Minister Emma Hardy has announced today.

United Utilities welcomed hundreds of developers and industry experts to its annual Developer Day event last week to discuss the future of sustainable development.

Publication of the Independent Water Commission’s Final Report, alongside new legislation and updated national standards, marks a major turning point in the wider adoption of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) by water companies and developers, according to Alex Stephenson, director, SuDSPlanter.

Welsh Water has hosted its latest developer forums in North and South Wales, marking 15 years of these events providing space for collaboration and opportunities to improve services for home builders across its operating area.

Reforms announced today by the Environment Secretary Steve Reed will see a more dynamic, streamlined approach to environmental regulation will drive economic growth and safeguard nature under the Plan for Change.

The landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be formally introduced to Parliament this week, laying the groundwork for a new approach to prioritise new transmission infrastructure which will unlock growth with £200 billion of investment.

The Government has published a planning reform policy working paper paper on development and nature recovery proposing a new approach which uses funding from development to deliver environmental improvements and moves more responsibility for the improvements onto the state rather than developers.

Measures to unblock much-needed infrastructure projects whilst supporting nature recovery at scale will be included in proposals for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill this year, the Government has announced as part its Plan for Change.