Legal landscape

The Environment Bill: A case of unintended consequences?

25.07.2019

Paul Wakefield

biodiversity | England | Environment Bill | Environmental | Legal landscape | net gain | Planning Law

The draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill’s approach to biodiversity net gain could have unintended consequences, says Paul Wakefield.
Legal landscape: ‘Plantechnicon’ - law for a digital age

04.06.2019

James Corbet Burcher

AR | England | England | Legal landscape | Planning Law | plantech | Technology | VR

Current planning legislation is insufficient to address the changes being wrought by digital technology, says James Corbet Burcher. We need to frame fresh legislation for the digital age.
Legal landscape: Isolated homes can be sustainable

06.02.2019

Bernadette Hillman

Housing | Legal landscape | NPPF2 | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Sustainability | UK

We’re told that housing in isolated rural locations is not sustainable. But NPPF2 has no definition of ‘isolated’ and courts advise a pragmatic approach to rural housing consent, says Bernadette Hillman....