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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a suite of neighbourhood planning guidance to support communities in...
The Welsh Government has updated its guidance on planning permission for domestic heat pumps to reflect changes introduced by the Town and Country...
Planning analysis: In Lochailort Kentford v West Suffolk Council, the High Court dismissed a statutory review challenge under section 113 of the...
This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a consultation on extending recent NSIP judicial review reforms to other major...
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...
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
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
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
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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