Cairn Duhie is a proposed 16-turbine wind farm in the Scottish Highlands. Since gaining project consent in 2017, the site layout has been redesigned to accommodate updated turbines. Application for the proposed redesign is expected to be submitted within 2020.…
The UK government plans to ‘Build Back Greener’ and make the UK the world leader in clean wind energy. Any impacts of wind farms on the water environment must be minimised.
The …
The detailed hydraulic modelling by WHS supported the development of a successful Flood Risk Assessment for the East West Railway.
The East West Railway Project is a significant infrastructure development to establish a direct rail connection …
Our hydraulic models have an eye for the detail, but this planner’s guide won’t give you an earful of jargon.
Flood maps hosted by the environmental regulators of England, Scotland and Wales can provide …
We’re pleased to announce that WHS, Burroughs and TACP have formed a new Flood Risk Management (FRM) partnership.
We have worked with Burroughs and TACP on several major transport infrastructure projects that have included flood risk management measures. We have …
In England, in the summer floods of 2007, around 55,000 properties were flooded and nearly 500,000 people were left without water or electricity. After this, whole-catchment responses to flood management were required, including changes to upland land use.
Whole-catchment responses …
After Brexit we will move away from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and landowners will be paid to produce ‘public goods’. Can this be used to help deliver flood risk management?
Paying farmers based …
We provide our views on the proposed changes to planning policy for flood risk in Wales, due to be finalised in September 2020.
As we reported last time, TAN 15 was first released in 2004. Much has …
Technical Advice Note (TAN) 15 guides planners, developers, local authorities and flood-risk specialists on development, flooding and coastal erosion in Wales. An update was released on October 2019.
Technical Advice Notes (TANs) have been released by the Welsh government to …
All rivers in the UK evolve continuously and almost all show signs of construction work. It is vital that activities are regulated to safeguard against ecological deterioration and flooding.
This applies to all activities, from hydroelectric power schemes in the …