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Supreme Court clarifies interpretation of building distance requirements under Cremation Act 1902 (Wathen-Fayed v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and another)
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...
Are there any restrictions on amending the red line on a planning application before it is determined?There is no statutory basis which expressly permits or prohibits an applicant amending the red line on a planning application before it is determined. Whether or not such an amendment can be
Tactical and twin-tracked planning applications and power to decline subsequent and overlapping applicationsWhat is twin-tracking?Tactical or ‘twin-tracked’ planning applications means the process of submitting more than one planning application to a local planning authority (LPA) at the same time
Can a location plan have two red edges showing the main proposed development site and the proposed temporary construction compound sited at a distance from the main site?There is no reason in principle for different but connected sites to be shown as part of a planning application including where
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
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