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Local Government weekly highlights—22 July 2021

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Local Government weekly highlights—22 July 2021

Counter-restitution and qualifying benefits (School Facility Management Ltd and others v Governing Body of Christ the King College)

The following Commercial news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Counter-restitution and qualifying benefits (School Facility Management Ltd and others v Governing Body of Christ the King College)

Declaration of parentage declined on public policy grounds (Re H v R and another (Attorney General for England and Wales intervening))

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Declaration of parentage declined on public policy grounds (Re H v R and another (Attorney General for England and Wales intervening))

ESG and UK public procurement—carbon reduction requirements

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on ESG and UK public procurement—carbon reduction requirements

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Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services...

Professional Standards Authority

Professional Standards AuthorityWhat is the Professional Standards Authority?The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees the work of the UK’s...

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...

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in ScotlandHow do EPCs apply to commercial property in Scotland?This Practice Note...

Practice notes

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...

Produced in partnership with Matthew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 19th May

Practice notes

Highways, street works and statutory undertakers

Highways, street works and statutory undertakersCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been...

Produced in partnership with Nicholas Hancox of Nicholas Hancox Solicitors Ltd and Alistair Frew of Lodders LLP 19th May

Practice notes

Off-street parking orders

Off-street parking ordersSTOP PRESS: the Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Act 2017 came into force on 27 June 2017 and has introduced a change to...

19th May

Practice notes

Malicious falsehood

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...

Produced in partnership with 5RB 19th May

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Practice notes

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgments

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgmentsThis Practice Note concerns provisions of the CPR and related legislation (The Tribunals, Courts...

19th May

Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...

Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May

Brexit

Q&As

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?Purposive (teleological) constructionThe purposive approach has its roots in legal systems...

19th May

Q&As

What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on service of NOSP or on granting of the eviction order?

What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on...

Produced in partnership with Alex Campbell of Field Court Chambers 19th May

Practice notes

Call-off procedures under framework agreements

Call-off procedures under framework agreementsBrexit impact—public procurementThe UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement...

Produced in partnership with Mr Andrew Millross of Anthony Collins Solicitors 19th May

Practice notes

Demoted tenancies

Demoted tenanciesCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the courts and tribunals...

19th May

Practice notes

Assignment and succession of tenancy

Assignment and succession of tenancyCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the...

Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May

Practice notes

Sexual entertainment licensing

Sexual entertainment licensingWhat is a sex establishmentThe Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1982 (as amended) (LG(MP)A 1982) creates...

Produced in partnership with Chris Grunert of John Gaunt Solicitors 19th May

Practice notes

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...

Produced in partnership with Lee Digings of Lee Digings Associates 19th May

Practice notes

Child protection conferences

Child protection conferencesPlease note the information in this Practice Note relates to the current law in England. The law in Wales in this area is...

Produced in partnership with Claire Cousin 19th May

Practice notes

Teacher serious misconduct in England

Teacher serious misconduct in EnglandCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...

19th May

Practice notes

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the...

Produced in partnership with Shazia Akhtar of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May

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What are the advantages and disadvantages to a landowner of a planning application being made in the joint names of the land owner and developer? Should a landowner resist a clause that allows the developer to apply for planning permission in its sole name only?

What are the advantages and disadvantages to a landowner of a planning application being made in the joint names of the land owner and developer?...

15th Jul

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What is the status of supporting text to a policy in a local plan? Does it form part of the policy?

What is the status of supporting text to a policy in a local plan? Does it form part of the policy?Supporting text to a local plan policy is not part...

15th Jul

Practice notes

National Policy Statements

National Policy StatementsNational Policy Statements (NPSs) are statutory documents published in accordance with the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008). They...

7th Jul

Q&As

What is the status of a Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) adopted 16 years ago which contains now deleted and obsolete policies and refers to a superseded Local Plan? In its references to public consultation for planning applications, the SPG has been superseded by the subsequent adoption and updating of a Statement of Community Involvement.

What is the status of a Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) adopted 16 years ago which contains now deleted and obsolete policies and refers to a...

5th Jul

Practice notes

Biodiversity net gain in England

Biodiversity net gain in EnglandWhat is biodiversity net gain?Biodiversity net gain is a principle which aims to leave the natural environment in a...

25th Jun

Brexit

In-house

Q&As

Should the local planning authority (LPA) allow residents to trail their own electric charging cables from their properties across footways and highways to charge electric vehicles? What are the planning implications of this practice and how should the LPA deal with it?

Should the local planning authority (LPA) allow residents to trail their own electric charging cables from their properties across footways and...

23rd Jun

Q&As

Can a transport department or highway authority raise an objection to a planning application on the grounds it does not meet the Council’s adopted parking standards set out in a Supplementary Planning Document rather than the development plan itself?

Can a transport department or highway authority raise an objection to a planning application on the grounds it does not meet the Council’s adopted...

15th Jun

Q&As

Can a condition on a planning permission requiring a building to be permanently removed from the land when no longer required for agricultural purposes be lawful? If a breach of condition notice is served what grounds are available for a judicial review?

Can a condition on a planning permission requiring a building to be permanently removed from the land when no longer required for agricultural...

6th Jun

Q&As

What can a landowner do to challenge an enforcement notice issued in respect of a breach of planning? Can they take the authority to court?

What can a landowner do to challenge an enforcement notice issued in respect of a breach of planning? Can they take the authority to court?Enforcement...

6th Jun

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What is the legal status of pre-application planning advice for which a fee is paid? Is there a duty of care leading to liability in negligence or contract in the event of an officer failing to identify a constraint which turns out to be fatal to the proposed development?

What is the legal status of pre-application planning advice for which a fee is paid? Is there a duty of care leading to liability in negligence or...

Produced in partnership with Kevin Leigh of No 5 Chambers 6th Jun

Q&As

Can a planning permission granted some time ago be relied on in the absence of a legal challenge, even though its grant was ultra vires?

Can a planning permission granted some time ago be relied on in the absence of a legal challenge, even though its grant was ultra vires?As a general...

6th Jun

Q&As

A person intends to buy a property subject to a tree preservation order (TPO) relating to two beech trees. Those trees are not evident at the property and the seller has not removed them. Can a successor in title be prosecuted for breach of the TPO simply for the fact the trees have been removed without permission by a predecessor in title?

A person intends to buy a property subject to a tree preservation order (TPO) relating to two beech trees. Those trees are not evident at the property...

Produced in partnership with Alastair Frew of Lodders Solicitors 6th Jun

Q&As

What are the implications for the recipient of a planning enforcement notice if the recipient fails to comply with it?

What are the implications for the recipient of a planning enforcement notice if the recipient fails to comply with it?Under the Town and Country...

6th Jun

Q&As

When outline planning permission imposes no conditions in respect of a particular issue (such as tree protection measures), does this mean that tree protection measures cannot be addressed at reserved matters stage?

When outline planning permission imposes no conditions in respect of a particular issue (such as tree protection measures), does this mean that tree...

Produced in partnership with Tracy Lovejoy LLB of Lanyon Bowdler LLP 6th Jun

Q&As

What is the procedure for claiming a refund of a planning application fee under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) Regulations 2012 (the Fee Regulations), SI 2012/2920 where the local planning authority refuses to administer the refund? Is the procedure different for a refund due under the Fee Regulations, SI 2012/2920, reg 9A as opposed to where it is due under the Fee Regulations, SI 2012/2920, reg 3(5)?

What is the procedure for claiming a refund of a planning application fee under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed...

Produced in partnership with Rosalind Andrews of Harrison Clark Rickerbys 6th Jun

Q&As

A third party has made a planning application over land owned by my client, including Certificate (A) stating that the third party owns the land. Full permission has now been granted—does my client have any recourse?

A third party has made a planning application over land owned by my client, including Certificate (A) stating that the third party owns the land. Full...

6th Jun

Q&As

Is there any guidance or case law on the potential remedies that exist where a third party has lodged a pre-application planning application in respect of a property which the owner believes may diminish the value or development potential of the property? Is a third party making a pre-application planning application required to notify the owner?

Is there any guidance or case law on the potential remedies that exist where a third party has lodged a pre-application planning application in...

6th Jun

Q&As

When a planning permission has been granted subject to section 106 being prepared, but in the interim a new material consideration materialises, it is accepted that specific material consideration should be determined however who should be consulted? Is it just those that are affected by the new material consideration?

When a planning permission has been granted subject to section 106 being prepared, but in the interim a new material consideration materialises, it is...

Produced in partnership with Tracy Lovejoy LLB of Lanyon Bowdler LLP 6th Jun

Q&As

What planning considerations apply to safeguarded or protected wharves?

What planning considerations apply to safeguarded or protected wharves?BackgroundSafeguarded wharves are wharves located in the London boroughs that...

6th Jun

Q&As

How can an agricultural tie be lifted? And if it is done so by an application for a certificate of lawfulness, what are the requirements?

How can an agricultural tie be lifted? And if it is done so by an application for a certificate of lawfulness, what are the requirements?An...

6th Jun

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Counter-restitution and qualifying benefits (School Facility Management Ltd and others v Governing Body of Christ the King College)

Declaration of parentage declined on public policy grounds (Re H v R and another (Attorney General for England and Wales intervening))

ESG and UK public procurement—carbon reduction requirements

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Reversionary lease by reference

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