Planning Law

Sheffield council apologises for 5G masts failure

01.06.2020

Huw Morris

Sheffield City Council has apologised for failing to process planning applications for three 5G masts on time.

Labour calls for investigation into Jenrick’s Docklands project approval

01.06.2020

Huw Morris

The Labour Party has demanded that the Cabinet Office should investigate housing secretary Robert Jenrick’s approval of a £1 billion housing development which last week he...

Legal briefs: Jenrick admits Isle of Dogs decision was 'unlawful'; Clare fisherman scotches Co Mayo cable scheme

29.05.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 23 May-29 May, 2020

Appeal: Council defeated in Hackney warehouse enforcement inquiry

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted retrospective permission for the conversion of a former warehouse in north London into studio flats after a long-running dispute, ordering the council to pay partial costs.

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Supreme Court rules on decorative urns planning saga

29.05.2020

Huw Morris

Development Management & Enforcement | listed buildings | Planning Law | supreme court | West Midlands

A listed buildings enforcement appeal inspector should have considered whether decorative urns were 'buildings' under a ruling by the Supreme Court on a five-year planning battle between a member of the public and Stratford-upon-Avon Council.

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Lawyers consider to appeal against High Court’s Drax ruling

29.05.2020

Huw Morris

Infrastructure - Energy | Planning Law | Yorkshire

Environmental lawyers are considering an appeal against the High Court’s rejection of their challenge to a development consent for the controversial Drax gas plant project.

Jenrick admits decision on Isle of Dogs scheme was 'unlawful'

29.05.2020

Huw Morris

London | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | robert jenrick

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has accepted that he approved a £1 billion housing development in east London unlawfully.

Legal landscape: Planning during a pandemic - the CIL regime

27.05.2020

Julia Berry

The coronavirus pandemic is playing havoc with the community infrastructure lecy charging regime and presenting developers and local authorities with a series of difficult dilemmas. The time is right for an...

Legal briefs: Supreme Court ruling settles Carmarthenshire turbine row; Key Supreme Court ruling on listed buildings

22.05.2020

Roger Milne

Planning Law | UK

A round-up of legal news: 16 May-22 May, 2020

Legal landscape: First homes - Delivery or deja-vu?

14.05.2020

Meeta Kaur

England | First Homes | Housing | housing support | Planning Law

A consultation on the government’s First Home scheme raises several questions about the viability of such a scheme within the current affordable housing framework, says Meeta Kaur. Will it go the way of the...

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