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The following Planning news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Planning weekly highlights—15 January 2026
Court confirms that alleged policy non-compliance and ‘scope creep’ are matters of planning judgment, not permission construction (Arcelormittal Kent Wire Ltd v Medway Council)
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...
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
Is it possible to legally change the name of an applicant on a planning application once the application has been submitted but prior to determination?See the Planning Portal’s guidance notes: Can I amend a submitted application? This explains how to make amendments to an application which has been
Local planning authority as applicant for planning permission to itselfLocal authorities are not immune from having to obtain planning permission to develop land. The grant of planning permission by any local authority to itself has always been an area of criticism, particularly as the grant of
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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