Gain a comprehensive understanding of how regulations and statutory requirements related to highways, streets, and public rights of way affect planning processes. Tailored for legal professionals, this guidance provides essential insights to navigate challenges, ensure compliance, and offer effective client advice. Efficiently manage disputes and applications within the planning framework, equipped with the crucial tools and expertise needed to protect interests and maintain public access and land use integrity.
Planning analysis: On 1 September 2026, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Approved Document L: energy and...
This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: draft Regulations proposing increases to planning application fees in England, Defra...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published Circular 03/2026, announcing a replacement direction issued by the...
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 rights of access do gas companies enjoy for the purpose of maintenance and repair of utility installations?Gas companies’ rights to enter premises for maintenance and repair are statutory rights, mainly from the Rights of Entry (Gas and Electricity Boards) Act 1954 (RE(GEB)A 1954), the Gas Act
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 and the highway, the person requiring access over that land will be granted rights of access over it by the owner of that land. If the ownership over
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are 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 point
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