Legal landscape
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13.01.2021
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...
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21.07.2020
A new permitted development right that allows upwards extensions on existing homes has caused no little controversy and ddebate. But what does the new law actually permit? Meeta Kaur runs the rule over the...
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17.06.2020Abandonment | Continuity | Development Management & Enforcement | LAWFUL USE | Legal landscape | Planning Law | UK
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...
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04.05.2020Community Engagement | England | evidence base | Legal landscape | local plan examination | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning Law
In the second of three pieces looking at how local plan making can be improved, Wayne Beglan argues for stricter rules around the supply of evidence to local plan compilation and examination to keep the...
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28.04.2020
A balance between rapid response and robust legislating must be struck in responding to emergencies, says Keith Lancaster
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16.04.2020
What constitutes a highway and how does the phrase ‘the top two spits’ affect which body is responsible for its upkeep? Here, Ruth Stockley explores the latest Supreme Court ruling on highways and what it...
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08.11.2019cil | Community Infrastructure Levy | England | Finance & Viability | Legal landscape | Planning Law | Policy & Politics
Recent reforms to the developer infrastructure contributions system fall short of the major overhaul needed, says Kate Ashworth
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25.07.2019biodiversity | 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.
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04.06.2019
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.
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06.02.2019
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....
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