by westoncompliance | Nov 5, 2026 | Defra, Environment, Fees, Marine, Offshore, Regulatory Process, Renewables, UK, Wind Energy
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has updated its guidance on how offshore wind developers can apply to use the Marine Recovery Fund (MRF). The update provides further clarification on application procedures for both pre-consent and...
by westoncompliance | Nov 5, 2026 | Consultation, Environment, Environment Agency, Health, Onshore, Permits and Licences, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has published a consultation seeking views on seven proposed exemptions from environmental permitting requirements under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016. The proposals aim to simplify regulatory...
by westoncompliance | Nov 5, 2026 | DESNZ, OPRED, Pollution, PONs, UK, Venting
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have updated its guidance on oil and gas environmental alerts and incident reporting. The update revises the contact details on the PON1, PON2 and PON10 reporting forms used to notify the Offshore Petroleum...
by westoncompliance | Nov 4, 2026 | Asbestos, Consultation, Dangerous Substances, Health and Safety, Occupational Health, UK
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its response to a consultation on proposed changes to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, following feedback from stakeholders. HSE has confirmed that it will amend Regulation 20 to ensure that asbestos...
by westoncompliance | Nov 4, 2026 | DESNZ, Emissions, Regulatory Process, Reporting, UK, UK ETS
DESNZ has updated the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) technical guidance on the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MRR) 2018 on 3 November 2026. The update relates specifically to the document VMRVP01: Waste installations in the voluntary MRV-only period, which...
by westoncompliance | Nov 4, 2026 | Equipment, Exports, HMSO, Transport, UK
These Regulations amend the Export Control Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3231) to update the control lists in Schedule 2, reflecting changes to export controls on conventional weapons agreed under the Wassenaar Arrangement.The Regulations also amend Schedule 4 to reflect...
by westoncompliance | Nov 4, 2026 | Asbestos, Dangerous Substances, Health, Health and Safety, HMSO, Labelling, Occupational Health, Packaging, Personal protective equipment, Safety Signs and Signals, UK, Work equipment
These Regulations amend the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/632) to introduce a requirement for the assessment of cleanliness following asbestos-related work to be carried out by a person appointed independently of the person who undertook the asbestos...
by westoncompliance | Nov 2, 2026 | Biodiversity, NSIP, Onshore, Planning Inspectorate, UK
The Planning Inspectorate has updated the guidance on how application documents and supporting information should be prepared, organised, and submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).The update reflects that...
by westoncompliance | Nov 2, 2026 | Biodiversity, NSIP, Onshore, Planning Inspectorate, UK
The Planning Inspectorate has updated the guidance on how an applicant can request a change to a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) application after it has been accepted for examination, and before the close of the examination.The update reflects...
by westoncompliance | Nov 2, 2026 | Consultation, Marine, MCA, Medical, UK
The MCA has opened a consultation on the proposed Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) (Amendment) and Light Dues (Amendment) Regulations 2027 which update both SI 2005/1802 Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) Regulations 1995 and...
by westoncompliance | Oct 30, 2026 | Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Renewables, Scottish Government, UK
The Scottish Government has published supplementary guidance for prospective applicants preparing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping reports and assessments for offshore renewable energy projects. It sets out how to carry out consistent assessment of...
by westoncompliance | Oct 29, 2026 | Emissions, UK, UK ETS
Following the UK Government’s announcement that it intends to expand the scope of the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to include refinery products, the UK ETS Authority will look carefully at the future treatment of UK ETS Free Allocation for refinery...
by westoncompliance | Oct 29, 2026 | Defra, Groundwater, Onshore, UK
Defra has published new guidance for developers and maintaining bodies on agreeing commuted sums to fund the maintenance of communal SuDS in new developments in England.This guidance helps developers and maintaining bodies take a consistent and transparent approach to...
by westoncompliance | Oct 28, 2026 | Consents, DESNZ, Electrical Power, UK
DESNZ has updated the collection to reflect the current guidance available for energy infrastructure consents, including new guidance on the Submit Your Energy Infrastructure Application (SYEIA) Portal, and from the Post-Consent Unit (PCU) on discharging requirements...
by westoncompliance | Oct 28, 2026 | Equipment, Explosive Atmosphere, OPSS, UK
The OPSS has updated the GB product safety guides to remove now unnecessary legislative references and simplify the language.There are no changes to the regulations themselves.Read more…Source: OPSS.
by westoncompliance | Oct 28, 2026 | Electrical Equipment, OPSS, Safety, UK
The OPSS has updated the GB product safety guides to remove now unnecessary legislative references and simplify the language. There are no changes to the regulations themselves.Read more…Source: OPSS.
by westoncompliance | Oct 27, 2026 | Installation, Oil Pollution, Operator, OPRED, Pipelines, UK
OPRED is reminding relevant Responsible Persons of the Oil Spill Response Workshop on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at the OEUK offices in Aberdeen. The workshop is for relevant Gas Installation Operators, Well Operators, Pipeline Operators and Non-Production Installation...
by westoncompliance | Oct 27, 2026 | DESNZ, Licensing, NSTA, Regulatory Process, UK
The NSTA has published a letter from DESNZ, dated 21 October 2026 , regarding an update on petroleum licensing.This letter states that the Government plans to end new oil and gas exploration licences while introducing Transitional Energy Certificates (TECs) as part of...
by westoncompliance | Oct 27, 2026 | Carbon Capture and Storage, Licensing, NSTA, Stewardship, Surveying, UK
The NSTA 2026 Carbon Storage Stewardship Survey launches on Monday 2 November 2026, and closes on Friday 29 January 2027.The 2026 Carbon Storage Stewardship Survey (CSSS) is to be completed by the operators of all UK carbon storage licences. This survey only requests...
by westoncompliance | Oct 26, 2026 | Equipment, Marine, MCA, Medical, UK
The MCA has published this new marine guidance note (MGN) which gives instructions for how outdated MED approval terms in selected MCA publications should be applied under current UK marine equipment requirements.This notice should be read with SI 2025/1280 Merchant...
