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Is it possible to amend the red line boundary of a planning permission through an application made under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, in circumstances where the change is minor, and where the size/boundary of the site is not stated in the description of the development?

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Duty to cooperate

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Compulsory purchase—compensation

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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 19th Apr
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A developer is entering into an agreement under section 278 of the Highways Act 1980, pursuant to a condition under a planning permission. The works covered by the agreement are entirely within highway running along the application site. The developer is the owner of the application site, but the application site has charges against it. Should the mortgagee be party to the agreement?

A developer is entering into an agreement under section 278 of the Highways Act 1980, pursuant to a condition under a planning permission. The works...
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Produced in partnership with Emily Knowles of Sharpe Pritchard 19th Apr
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Produced in partnership with Martha Grekos of Martha Grekos Consultancy Limited 19th Apr
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How do you find out who owns a culvert located under a highway? Is a culvert under a road a highway drain? Does a highway authority own it/have power to grant rights to drain into it?

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16th Nov
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Failure to comply with planning enforcement—criminal liability and direct action

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Section 104 Water Industry Act 1991 Agreements—Sewer adoption agreements

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Produced in partnership with Celina Colquhoun of 39 Essex Chambers 16th Nov
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Dangerous buildings and structures

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The definition of ‘affordable housing’ set out in Annex 2 of the National Planning Policy Framework states that affordable housing includes discounted market sales housing, which is housing ‘sold at a discount of at least 20% below local market value’. What is the meaning of ‘local market value’ in this context?

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Produced in partnership with Emily Knowles and Sarah Rhodes of Sharpe Pritchard LLP 16th Nov
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Declaratory relief of planning decisions

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Can an application under section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) to remove a condition from a planning permission for a change of use, include a new plan which excludes land which is now outside the site of the original planning permission and being used in accordance with a different planning permission? Can the case law amending planning permission under TCPA 1990, s 73 also be applied to TCPA 1990, s 73A?

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