Nitrogen
Nitrogen deposition, permitting, offsetting and the legal durability of project decisions.
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After nitrogen comes the Water Framework Directive: two deadlines, one stakeholder challenge
Everyone in the infrastructure sector knows the nitrogen clock. A second compliance clock is now ticking louder: the EU Water Framework Directive with its 2027 deadline. A comparison of two legal regimes, and what the first teaches us about the second.
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Permit-free is not built: why the nitrogen package does not replace the environmental work
The government wants to scrap the permit requirement for activities with low nitrogen deposition through an arithmetic floor. That is good news for small projects. But for the major infrastructure agenda, the package shifts the bottleneck; it does not resolve it.
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When the route decision fails: what Ring Utrecht teaches about nitrogen law in infrastructure projects
On 11 March 2026, the Council of State annulled the route decision for widening the A27 near Amelisweerd. Twelve years of preparation, brought down by a single legal criterion: the additionality requirement in external nitrogen offsetting. What this means for other infrastructure projects, and why nitrogen law is a task for environmental managers.
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Nitrogen deposition in infrastructure projects: a practical guide
How to handle nitrogen calculations in major renovation projects near Natura 2000 areas?
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