Comprehensive guidance on all key aspects of the planning application process, from the procedure, viability considerations, to decision-making and material considerations, to the duty to give reasons for planning decisions. The content is detailed enough to guide any practitioner through this core area of planning law and practice.
This provides a series of Practice Notes and Checklists which outline the planning issues for a practitioner to address when investigating planning title in a property transaction, including how information is revealed, what to report on, and the significance of the findings for the buyer.
This is important for practitioners to consider as the government ramps up focus of environmentally friendly developments, particularly through the Towns Fund, as well as the drawing nearer of the UK’s climate targets.
Planning law is a rapidly changing, case-law heavy area of law. It is of relevance not only for specialist planning lawyers, but also for local planning authorities, consultants, developers and lawyers dealing with property, environment, construction and infrastructure matters.
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Dispute Resolution analysis: Where there has been an apparent breach of planning control that has been deliberately concealed a planning authority can...
This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a Court of Appeal decision finding that changes to the Use Classes Order were not...
Planning analysis: The Court of Appeal considered the correct approach to construing a planning permission (here, one which granted permission for the...
Planning analysis: This was an application for judicial review of Tower Hamlet's decision to adopt a supplementary planning document (SPD) entitled...
This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: High Court confirms traffic orders may be made on private roads used by the public, Court...
Building Safety Bill—tracker, resources and summaryProgress of the Building Safety BillTitleBuilding Safety BillDate of publication5 July...
Environment Act 2021—snapshotTitleEnvironment Act 2021Key dateRoyal Assent: 9 November 2021SubjectEnvironmental principles, governance, regulation,...
Conservation covenants in EnglandWhat are conservation covenants?As a concept, conservation covenants are private, voluntary agreements between a...
Brexit—impact on environmental lawAs a result of the 23 June 2016 UK referendum on membership of the EU, which voted with a 52% majority voting in...
Environmental Information Regulations 2004—issues for businessesThe Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004), SI 2004/3391 poses a risk...
DATE [insert date]Parties1[insert name] of [insert address] [incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [insert number]] (the...
Precedent s 106 unilateral undertakingUnilateral Undertakingunder section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990relating to development at...
Highway projection licenceDATE [date]Parties1[name of Authority] of [address] ( Authority)2[name of Licensee] [of OR incorporated in England and...
Investment acquisition—planning [Archived]This Precedent has been archived. For maintained precedent reports on title, see Report on title—long form...
Precedent s 278 agreementDATE [insert date]Parties1[insert name] of [insert address] (the ‘Council’)2[insert name] of [insert address] [incorporated...
Local planning authority as applicant for planning permission to itselfLocal authorities are not immune from having to obtain planning permission to...
Statutory blightWhat is statutory blight?Blight occurs when the value of a property is reduced because of proposed development or public works, which...
The Mayor’s planning role in London and the London Planning FrameworkThe planning functions in the Greater London area are exercised by:•the Mayor of...
Duty to cooperateWhat is the duty to cooperate?The duty to cooperate was created by the Localism Act 2011. It places a legal duty on local planning...
Compulsory purchase—compensationCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s...
The EU Birds Directive—summaryThe EU Birds Directive—summaryEU Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010)...
Implementing a CPO—notice to treat and General Vesting DeclarationCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially...
Defining the planning unitWhy is it important to establish the planning unit?Planning permission is required where there has been a material change of...
Affordable housingAffordable housing is housing provided to those who are struggling with their housing costs and whose housing needs are not met by...
Agricultural buildings and land: permitted development rightsThis Practice Note looks at certain of the permitted development rights in England under...
Failure to comply with planning enforcement—criminal liability and direct actionUnder the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), a breach of...
Section 104 Water Industry Act 1991 Agreements—Sewer adoption agreementsIntroductionThe adoption of sewers is the process by which sewers are vested...
Dangerous buildings and structuresPowers of the local authorityThe local authority has powers to deal with dangerous buildings under a number of...
Declaratory relief of planning decisionsA declaratory judgment is a judgment identifying the rights, duties or obligations of one or more parties in a...
The body of rules created by the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee under section 69 of the Courts Act 2003, governing practice and procedure to be followed in all criminal matters in England and Wales including appeals in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and High Court extradition appeals.
An employer or other relevant person has a duty to make reasonable adjustments where a disabled person is put at a substantial disadvantage, in comparison with persons who are not disabled, that is caused by a 'provision, criterion or practice', a 'physical feature' or the lack of an 'auxiliary aid'.
Defined in CA 2006, s 251 as a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act, although that person has not been appointed as a director of the company.
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