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.
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has announced plans to revise its approach to Building Assessment Certificates (BACs) for occupied higher-risk...
This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: analysis of cases on the powers of entry in HPA 2016, guidance in a supplementary planning...
Planning analysis: In Davis v Isle of Wight Council, the High Court rejected a challenge to the grant of planning permission for a renewable energy...
Planning analysis: In Barstow v Green GEN, the High Court held that notice under section 174 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HPA 2016) must be...
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...
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
If a personal planning permission has been granted authorising the change of use of a property, what happens when the named individual vacates? Does the property revert to its previously authorised planning use?The general rule under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990)
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 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
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