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The need for accurate plans and interpretation of planning conditions (Choiceplace Properties v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The need for accurate plans and interpretation of planning conditions (Choiceplace Properties v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The need for accurate plans and interpretation of planning conditions (Choiceplace Properties v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Planning weekly highlights—13 May 2021

Planning weekly highlights—13 May 2021

The following Planning news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Planning weekly highlights—13 May 2021

CPR changes and 130th and 131st practice direction updates—online civil claims, judicial review and whiplash reforms

CPR changes and 130th and 131st practice direction updates—online civil claims, judicial review and whiplash reforms

The following Construction news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on CPR changes and 130th and 131st practice direction updates—online civil claims, judicial review and whiplash reforms

Planning weekly highlights—6 May 2021

Planning weekly highlights—6 May 2021

The following Planning news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Planning weekly highlights—6 May 2021

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Compulsory purchase—compensation

Compulsory purchase—compensation

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak...

Purchase notices

Purchase notices

What is a purchase notice?The purchase notice procedure provides landowners with a means of having land acquired by a local planning authority (LPA)...

Local Development Orders

Local Development Orders

What is a Local Development Order (LDO)?An LDO is a local development order, made at local authority level by a local planning authority (LPA). Once...

Presumption in favour of sustainable development

Presumption in favour of sustainable development

Policy contextThe original version of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012 NPPF) was published on 27 March 2012, taking immediate effect. It...

Practice notes

Overview of the EU legal system

Brexit: This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. As of 31 January 2020 (exit day), the UK is no...
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Produced in partnership with Laura Bolado 12th Jan
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Keeping planning permission alive

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus...
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9th Nov
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Highways—ownership and creation

Meaning of ‘highway’In the broadest sense, a highway is a way (ie a defined route, such as a road, bridleway or footpath) over which the public have...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Permission to appeal—the application

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The guidance detailing normal practice set out in this Practice Note may be affected by measures concerning process and...
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9th Nov
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Defining the planning unit

Why is it important to establish the planning unit?Planning permission is required where there has been a material change of use (see Practice Note:...
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9th Nov
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Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...
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9th Nov
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Oversailing

TrespassTrespass is the unlawful presence of a person on land in the possession of another. The ownership of land includes the airspace above it....
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9th Nov
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Material change of use

Control of developmentPursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning permission is required for ‘the carrying...
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9th Nov
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Costs for judicial review—general principles

General rule on costs in judicial reviewThe general rule in relation to costs in judicial review, as in other proceedings, is that costs follow the...
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Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 12th Jan
Practice notes

Judicial review time limits—extensions and urgent cases

When a public body receives a claim form for judicial review, the first step is to consider whether the claim has been brought in time. For further...
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Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 12th Jan
Practice notes

Operational development

Control of developmentPursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning permission is required for ‘the carrying...
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9th Nov
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Section 215 notice requiring maintenance of land

IntroductionThe purpose of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) is to give a local planning authority (LPA) power to take...
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9th Nov
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Planning conditions—the six tests

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus...
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9th Nov
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Grounds of appeal—introducing new evidence

Coronavirus (COVID-19): The guidance detailing normal practice set out in this Practice Note may be affected by measures concerning process and...
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9th Nov
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Declaratory relief of planning decisions

A declaratory judgment is a judgment identifying the rights, duties or obligations of one or more parties in a dispute. It is legally binding, but...
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9th Nov

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Preparing an environmental statement

Preparing an environmental statementContextEnvironmental impact assessment (EIA) is an assessment of a project’s likely significant environmental...
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15th May
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Environmental impact assessment—screening and scoping

Environmental impact assessment—screening and scopingIntroductionEnvironmental impact assessment (EIA) aims to protect the environment by ensuring...
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15th May
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Environmental Impact Assessment and the Habitats Directive

Environmental Impact Assessment and the Habitats DirectiveIntroductionWhere EU law requires an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of a proposed...
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Produced in partnership with Heather Sargent of Landmark Chambers 15th May
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The duty to give reasons for planning decisions

The duty to give reasons for planning decisionsCircumstances in which the duty to give reasons for planning decisions arisesIn 2013, the duty to give...
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15th May
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Environmental impact assessments—key points

Environmental impact assessments—key pointsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the...
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15th May
Practice notes

Environmental impact assessment: meaning of ‘significant effect’

Environmental impact assessment: meaning of ‘significant effect’IntroductionEIA is an assessment of a project's likely significant environmental...
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Produced in partnership with Heather Sargent of Landmark Chambers 15th May
Practice notes

Directive 2014/52/EU on environmental impact assessment

Directive 2014/52/EU on environmental impact assessmentTransposition of EU Directive 2014/52/EUOn 12 March 2014, the European Parliament voted in...
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15th May
Practice notes

Environmental impact assessments and Development Consent Orders

Environmental impact assessments and Development Consent OrdersContextThe Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) sets out a development consent regime for...
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15th May
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Environment Agency guidance for planning applications in England

Environment Agency guidance for planning applications in EnglandIntroductionPlanning applications have to be determined in accordance with the...
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15th May
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Procedural requirements for environmental statements and decisions on EIA applications

Procedural requirements for environmental statements and decisions on EIA applicationsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on...
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15th May
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Environmental Impact Assessment Directives—snapshot

Environmental Impact Assessment Directives—snapshotTitleCouncil Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain...
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15th May
Q&As

What is the period to judicially review a negative EIA screening decision in the context of section 36c variations under the Electricity Act 1989 or applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects under the Planning Act 2008?

CPR 54.5 reduces the usual three-months’ time limit to six weeks for 'planning acts' claims and provides that 'the planning acts' has the same meaning...
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29th Mar
Q&As

Is it possible to enter into a deed under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for development carried out under permitted development rights, in a scenario the development would not be a permitted development because of the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), but if mitigation put forward in a s 106 deed could be secured, no EIA would be required?

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (the GPDO), SI 2015/596, art 3(1), grants planning permission for...
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22nd Mar

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Common financial covenants

Common financial covenants

This Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum net worth test•gearing ratio•leverage ratio (or debt to equity ratio)•current ratio (or acid test ratio)•cashflow ratio•interest cover ratio, and•loan to value ratioIt explains:

Proprietary estoppel

Proprietary estoppel

This Practice Note considers proprietary estoppel from a generic standpoint.For industry specific guidance on proprietary estoppel, see Practice Notes:•Estoppel and property law•Mortgages by estoppelProprietary estoppel—what is it?Unlike the other forms of estoppel (see Practice Note: Estoppel—what,

Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

Money Laundering Regulations 2017—simplified due diligence

You may apply simplified customer due diligence (SDD) measures in relation to particular business relationships or transactions which you determine present a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing, having taken into account:•your organisation-wide risk assessment—see Practice Note:

Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety enquiries

Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety enquiries

Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are industry standard pre-contract enquiries used in commercial property transactions. CPSEs are endorsed by the British Property Federation and are free to use. The CPSEs include specific environmental enquiries at enquiry 15 and there are several