About Planning Law

Lexis+ Planning helps you to understand planning requirements, procedures, policy, appeals and enforcement, for developments ranging from small-scale residential extensions to nationally significant infrastructure projects. Clear, concise practice notes have direct links to relevant cases, legislation, guidance and commentary and our daily news feeds and weekly highlights keep you informed of new cases, legislation, and consultations.

Get, change, implement planning permission

We cover 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.

Planning issues in property

A series of Practice Notes and Checklists outlining the planning issues for a planning title in a property transaction. How information’s revealed, what to report on, and the significance of the findings for the buyer.

Compulsory purchase

Compulsory purchase is governed by complex legislation, case law and guidance. We provide the legal requirements and good practice to help customers navigate the procedure, scope of CPOs and opportunities for challenge.

Legislation, guidance and commentary

Planning requirements, procedures, policy, appeals and enforcement. We cover developments ranging from small-scale residential extensions to nationally significant infrastructure projects.

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Latest Planning Q&As

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What is the position on the interpretation of EU case law relating to EU Directives post IP completion day? In cases concerning retained EU-derived domestic legislation which implements an EU Directive, are UK courts and tribunals bound or permitted to have regard to EU case law on that Directive even though the Directive itself is not retained?
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In the context of Brexit, what is meant by the ‘transition or implementation period’?
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Is an option agreement entered into by a landowner and a developer a legal interest for the purpose of a section 106 agreement? Will a put option and a call option be treated in the same way?
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Would a Compulsory Purchase Order, if it were to include land on which telecommunications apparatus was installed, trump/override the rights of the relevant operator of the telecommunications equipment as under the electronic communications code? Would the answer be different once the new electronic communications code (as updated by the Digital Economy Act 2017 which was given royal assent on 27 April) comes into force?
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Where planning permission is granted on appeal and a partial award of costs is obtained, is it possible for the claim for costs to include a claim for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), in circumstances where CIL is payable in connection with the planning permission only because a CIL charging schedule was adopted after the refusal by the local planning authority but before the successful appeal resulting in the grant of planning permission?

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