Legal landscape

The government is talking a good game on reducing emissions and meeting net-zero targets. What’s happening in the planning courts presents a rather different picture, say Jenny Wigley and Alex Shattock...

Policy Exchange’s proposal for a system of hyperlocal referenda to drive development heralds a new approach to addressing the housing shortage that is worthy of consideration, says Mustafa Latif-Aramesh...

Are changes to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 truly an opportunity for developers, retailers and professional service providers in a post-Covid world? Philippa Plumtree-Varley...

Successful enforcement of non-permitted changes of use depends on proving that the use has not been going on for four years. What if it has, but there have been breaks during that period? Tracy Lovejoy...