Navigate the complexities of integrating development requirements with insights into planning conditions, balancing compliance and enforcement. Achieve clarity in negotiating Section 106 agreements to enhance efficiency and transparency in developer contributions. Stay informed on calculating, imposing, and enforcing the Community Infrastructure Levy to address infrastructure needs and ensure project success.
Planning analysis: On 2 June 2026, the government published biodiversity gain statements for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) in...
On 2 June 2026, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published a new collection of guidance titled 'Biodiversity net gain:...
Planning analysis: The government has laid before Parliament the final-form draft regulations, and published the final statutory guidance for local...
The Planning Inspectorate has published a collection of templates for local planning authorities to provide housing land supply evidence at local plan...
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...
Precedent s 106 deed of indemnityAGREEMENTrelating toliabilities arising from an agreement made under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 [and [insert other legislation]] in relation to the development at [insert address]This Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert name]
What is a section 111 agreement?Section 111 agreements are agreements entered into with a local authority under section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972).LGA 1972, s 111, entitled ‘subsidiary powers of local authorities’, is a catch all provision which gives local authorities power to
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
If a piece of land is included within the red line boundary of an extant planning permission and is bound by the accompanying section 106 agreement, can a purchaser of this piece of land submit a fresh planning application and enter into a new section 106 agreement? Would the parties to the original
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