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This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a government consultation on changes to permitted development rights in England, a DESNZ...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to permitted development rights in...
Planning analysis: The government has published a consultation proposing to make changes to existing permitted development (PD) rights in England...
On 9 June 2026, Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) published guidance called 'Using AI in submissions to PEDW', which sets out how...
Statutory wayleaves and rights of accessUtilitiesThe water, gas, electricity, communications and energy industries enjoy statutory rights of access...
Planning conditions—the six testsPowers to impose planning conditionsThe general powers for local planning authorities (LPAs) to impose conditions on...
What rights of access are there over an unadopted road, the owner of which is unknown?Normally, if there is privately owned land in between a property...
What is a section 111 agreement?Section 111 agreements are agreements entered into with a local authority under section 111 of the Local Government...
Can a Grampian condition be imposed in respect of works which require Planning Permission in their own right?Grampian conditions and planning permissionSection 70 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 states that a local planning authority:'…may grant planning permission, either unconditionally
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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