Property weekly highlights—2 March 2023

Table of contents

• Property development
• Development scuppered where statutory requirements for public land not complied with
• LPAs can take liberal approach to permitted development prior approval
• Government consults on changes to PD rights in England
• Development of brownfield land—interpretation of local plan policy
• Law Society flags changes to Electronic Communications Code
• Easements, rights and covenants
• Transfer incorporated power to waive covenants allowing development
• Express words of easement limited its scope
• Residential property

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Article summary

This week's edition of Property weekly highlights includes: Supreme Court decisions on compliance with statutory trusts over land and rent repayment orders and cases on the extent of an easement and breach of a landlord’s covenant not to carry out works which would devalue the demised premises.