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LPA not required to consider incompatibility with earlier planning permission when granting slot-in permission (Fiske v Test Valley BC)

LPA not required to consider incompatibility with earlier planning permission when granting slot-in permission (Fiske v Test Valley BC)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on LPA not required to consider incompatibility with earlier planning permission when granting slot-in permission (Fiske v Test Valley BC)

LGO’s implied power to withdraw reports confirmed by the High Court (Piffs Elm Ltd v Commission for Local Administration in England)

LGO’s implied power to withdraw reports confirmed by the High Court (Piffs Elm Ltd v Commission for Local Administration in England)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on LGO’s implied power to withdraw reports confirmed by the High Court (Piffs Elm Ltd v Commission for Local Administration in England)

Contractual costs and forfeiture clauses (Mayor and Burgesses of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Khan)

Contractual costs and forfeiture clauses (Mayor and Burgesses of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Khan)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Contractual costs and forfeiture clauses (Mayor and Burgesses of the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council v Khan)

The Procurement Bill: contract change—some good stuff but opportunities missed?

The Procurement Bill: contract change—some good stuff but opportunities missed?

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The Procurement Bill: contract change—some good stuff but opportunities missed?

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Obstruction of highways

Obstruction of highways

Obstruction of highwaysThe fundamental public right upon a highway is to pass and re-pass, and the obstruction of a highway is usually a criminal...

The standstill period

The standstill period

The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...

Teachers and staff in maintained schools

Teachers and staff in maintained schools

Teachers and staff in maintained schoolsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020...

Placing children with a connected person as a foster carer

Placing children with a connected person as a foster carer

Placing children with a connected person as a foster carerPlease note the information in this Practice Note relates to the current law in England. The...

Q&As

Is an offence contrary to section 5 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984) a criminal offence or a civil enforcement offence (outside of London)? Can a Traffic Regulation Order under RTRA 1984 prohibit grass verge parking? If a Traffic Management Order restricts parking on pavements and verges, does that amount to a 'restriction on waiting' (paragraph 4(2)(b) of Schedule 7 to the Traffic Management Act 2004), therefore making it a civil offence?

Is an offence contrary to section 5 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984) a criminal offence or a civil enforcement offence (outside of...
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16th Nov
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Can a local authority use section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to do works on land at any time in the future if it needs to?

Can a local authority use section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to do works on land at any time in the future if it...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Highways out of repair—the statutory remedy

Highways out of repair—the statutory remedyDuty of the highway authorityA highway is a way which any member of the public has the right to use at all...
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Produced in partnership with Michael Orlik of Lodders Solicitors 16th Nov
Practice notes

How to draft a local authority threshold document in care proceedings

How to draft a local authority threshold document in care proceedingsWhat is the function of a threshold statement in care proceedings?It is for the...
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Produced in partnership with Tim Earl, Solicitor to the Council and Head of Legal Services of Suffolk County Council 16th Nov
Practice notes

Land transfers for new academy schools

Land transfers for new academy schoolsFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 22 March 2021, the government published its response to the Law Commission’s report of 14...
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Produced in partnership with Christopher McFarland of Sinclairs Law and Nicholas Hancox of Nicholas Hancox Solicitors 19th Apr
Practice notes

Intentional homelessness

Intentional homelessnessCoronavirus (COVID-19): The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, in collaboration with Public Health England,...
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Produced in partnership with Elizabeth England 19th Apr
Practice notes

Ofsted's enforcement policy

Ofsted's enforcement policyCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Snape of Stephensons 19th Apr
Practice notes

Right to acquire

Right to acquireWhat is the Right to Acquire?The Right to Acquire (RTA) gives eligible housing association tenants a statutory right to buy the...
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Produced in partnership with Kevin Long of Hackney Community Law Centre 16th Nov
Practice notes

Care orders and supervision orders

Care orders and supervision ordersCare ordersWhat is a care order and what is its purpose?A care order is an order granted by the family court which...
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Produced in partnership with Claire Cousin 16th Nov
Practice notes

Nuisance parking criminal offences

Nuisance parking criminal offencesNuisance parkingNuisance parking is criminalised by sections 3 and 4 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act...
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Produced in partnership with Jonathan Melnick of London Borough of Lambeth 16th Nov
Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education tracker

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—education trackerThis tracker is focused on education and is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation,...
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16th Nov
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Practice notes

Council tax

Council taxWhat is Council tax and what is its purpose?The council tax was introduced as the primary source of collecting income from local residents...
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Produced in partnership with Alan Murdie of Council Tax Legal Services 19th Apr
Q&As

What is the statutory power that gives the government and local authorities the power to administer grant funding schemes such as the Small Business Grant Fund and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund schemes introduced in response to coronavirus (COVID-19)?

What is the statutory power that gives the government and local authorities the power to administer grant funding schemes such as the Small Business...
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16th Nov
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What powers of dispersal are available to the police and/or a local authority under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014? How are they imposed and what matters are taken into consideration?

What powers of dispersal are available to the police and/or a local authority under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014? How are...
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Produced in partnership with Philip Rule of No 5 Chambers 16th Nov
Practice notes

Introduction to Social housing regulation

Introduction to Social housing regulationThere are two separate regimes governing social housing in England and Wales. Each country had its own...
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16th Nov
Practice notes

Post-19 education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities

Post-19 education for young people with special educational needs and disabilitiesCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on...
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Produced in partnership with Hannah Lynch of St Pauls Chambers and Laxmi Patel 19th Apr

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Summary assessment—statement of costs

Summary assessment—statement of costs

Summary assessment—statement of costsSummary assessment is the procedure whereby costs are assessed by the judge who has heard the case or application (see Practice Note: Summary assessment). This Practice Note considers the use of a statement of costs in summary assessment. Form N260 is a model

Reversionary lease by reference

Reversionary lease by reference

 LR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title Number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title number(s)[title numbers out of which this Lease is granted. Leave blank if not registered]LR2.2 Other title numbers[existing title number(s) against which entries of matters referred to in LR9, LR10, LR11 and LR13 are to be

Provisional sums

Provisional sums

Provisional sumsWhat are provisional sums?There is no precise standard definition of provisional sum but it is generally understood to refer to an amount inserted in a bill of quantities, or contract sum analysis, to cover certain items of work that cannot be accurately defined, detailed or valued

Section 26 notice—Tenant’s request for a new business tenancy under LTA 1954

Section 26 notice—Tenant’s request for a new business tenancy under LTA 1954

Tenant's request for a new business tenancyThese drafting notes are for use when completing a tenant’s request for a new business tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. They are intended to be used when completing the prescribed form under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part 2 (Notices)