This order expands the zero rate of VAT for qualifying energy-saving materials to buildings used solely for relevant charitable purposes.
Further technologies are also added to the scheme, including water source heat pumps, qualifying electrical storage batteries and smart diverters.
These regulations brought outstanding sections of the Environment Act 2021 that concern Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements on planning into force in England.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 introduces European Green Bonds.
This voluntary designation is intended to promote environmentally sustainable and sustainability-linked investment by committing to the use of the proceeds to finance (directly or indirectly) activities within the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities Regulation (EU) 2020/852.
Decision (EU) 2023/2749 establishes Best Available Techniques Conclusions (BATC) for permitted slaughterhouses, animal by-products and edible co-products facilities.
This Decision specifies mandatory minimum requirements on the environmental performance of these installations.
This Regulation will revoke and replace the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014.
Changes will include expanded leak testing obligations, further bans or restrictions on supplying additional types of product and further restrictions on maintenance and service operations using higher GWP gases. Decreasing production rights and quotas will apply to F-gases and the associated products produced or placed on the EU Market.
Amendments by this order will delay a range of UK ETS deadlines by a year.
The window for UK ETS installations to apply for free allocations in the 2026-2030 period is deferred to the period between 1 April to 30 June 2025. This delayed window will also apply for applicants to the hospital or small emitters scheme or ultra-small emitters scheme for 2026-2030.
This Act will increase the rates of landfill tax (in England and Northern Ireland), plastic packaging tax and aggregates levy from 1 April 2024.
This order amended the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Further commercial, business, and service premises may be converted into dwellinghouses without planning permission: requirements on the period of vacancy and the upper floorspace limit were removed.