Legislative Changes August 2025

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION CHANGES

These Regulations amend the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (2013 WEEE Regulations) by creating a new category of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) for devices intended to be used for the consumption of tobacco, nicotine, vaping and other similar substances, such as e-cigarettes, vapes and heated tobacco products. It also shifts the obligation to finance the costs of dealing with the waste from EEE (WEEE) supplied by overseas sellers via online marketplaces (OMPs) to private households in the UK from those sellers to the OMP operators. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply

These Regulations set out the details of revised procedures for pre-application community consultation and removes the mandatory requirements to hold a predetermination hearing under the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Development Management Regulations). It also makes technical amendments to the Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Local Development Regulations) and the Development Management Regulations. Find out more about these Regulations and how they affect you by subscribing to We Comply