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The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has confirmed that its new ‘Appeal a planning decision’ service is now the primary route for submitting planning and...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published draft guidance detailing how local planning authorities must make...
This week’s edition of Planning weekly highlights includes the government response to biodiversity net gain consultations regarding NSIPs and...
Planning analysis: The government has published responses to two biodiversity net gain (BNG) consultations: one on improving implementation for minor,...
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
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
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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