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Innovative online campaign launched to answer planning queries

Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP is to launch an innovative online campaign by using Twitter to answer questions on planning law. As part of the firm’s Planning Week (#planningweek), lawyers from the largest specialist planning team in …

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Innovative online campaign launched to answer planning queries

Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP is to launch an innovative online campaign by taking to social media network Twitter in order to answer questions on planning law. As part of the firm’s Planning Week (#planningweek), lawyers from …

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Renewable Energy Specialists to be on hand at the Devon County Show

Members of Stephens Scown’s specialist renewable energy team will be on hand at the Country Landowners Association (CLA) stand at this year’s Devon County Show to answer the continuing stream of questions surrounding renewable energy. The team, which has acted …

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Specialist renewables team exceed 200MW of power produced

Specialist renewable energy solicitors at Stephens Scown LLP have passed another milestone having calculated that the projects they have worked on are now generating enough power to boil a kettle more than six million times. The team has worked with …

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Eco credentials could warm your park and your bottom line

Running a business can sometimes be all about the bottom line, but running a holiday park is about a lot more, not least guest satisfaction and your eco-credentials. More and more guests are beginning to choose a park that has …

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Event to address latest energy position in Cornwall

Cornish businesses will have a chance to find out the latest position of renewable energy in the county at an event being held at The Hall for Cornwall on 13 June. The event is being organised by the specialist renewable …

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Businesses to hear the benefits of planning at next Exeter Energy Exchange

Businesses will have a chance to find out more about the current planning system and its impact on energy projects at the latest Exeter Energy Exchange, which takes place on 23 May. The event is being organised by leading South …

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Wind Turbines – Does the Milton Keynes judgment give clarity on Minimum Separation Distances?

The long awaited High Court judgment on the lawfulness of Milton Keynes Council’s decision to impose minimum separation distance was finally revealed today. The High Court judge declared the minimum separation distances unlawful and quashed the Supplementary Planning Document which …

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The top five planning issues for biomass projects

Can the system be installed without planning permission? Internal operations generally do not require planning permission and hence you are unlikely to need to go through this process in order to install the boiler in an existing building. Permission may …

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Stephens Scown rural team strengthened by appointment of Kate Theophilus

Leading South West legal firm Stephens Scown LLP has recently secured a top lawyer to boost its agricultural and rural team across the South West. Kate Theophilus, appointed as partner with Stephens Scown, was formerly a partner at Coodes Solicitors, …

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