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The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has announced that from 1 June 2026, all planning and enforcement appeals must be submitted via the ‘Appeal a...
This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a court decision upholding an inspector’s finding that serviced apartments are sui generis...
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the consultation outcome for the UK Marine Strategy Part One update 2025....
The Welsh Government has published the revised Section 7 list of species and habitats under the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, updating the statutory...
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...
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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