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20 Dec 2019
Parish council v planning system: inspector dilutes sustainability plans
In October 2019 ELF was approached by a number of residents and a Parish Council who had just had th...
20 Dec 2019
South Downs National Park: public enquiry win for environmental group
Dangstein Conservancy, operating in the newly created South Downs National Park, is a “grass-r...
21 Nov 2019
Opportunity for law student working with Sussex Wildlife Trust
ELF has been working with a number of regional Wildlife Trusts over the past few years. We have ha...
21 Nov 2019
Signs please
Another example of this came in last month. ELF had an enquiry from a local resident experiencing on...
21 Nov 2019
Access to justice Report FOE/RSPB – Worrying decline in access to environmental justice
In 2010 ELF published a report on the barriers to access to environmental justice. The results were ...
21 Nov 2019
What are “compelling reasons” for an Article 4 Direction?
This month we were contacted by a volunteer Tree Warden for ancient and semi ancient woodland in Wil...
21 Nov 2019
Successful Transforming Agriculture event at Exeter University on the 16th October 2019
After an introduction from ELF’s Tom Brenan, participants heard from Peter Chamberlain of DCC’s ...
02 Oct 2019
ELF’s Members Event and launch of the ELF Review
On the 26th September ELF held a members event at Grosvenor. It was an occasion to say thank you to ...
02 Oct 2019
ELF Community Event – Regional Airport Expansion and how communities can respond – 28th November 2019 at 39 Essex, London
ELF is delighted to be partnering with Stephen Tromans QC and Richard Wald of 39 Essex Chambers to d...
02 Oct 2019
Devon Climate Emergency Response: Transforming agriculture to reduce emissions – 16th October 2-5pm at Exeter University.
We are delighted that ELF’s outreach programme will be holding a free community event at Exeter Un...