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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its response to the consultation on building control charges,...
Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) has updated its significant infrastructure project (SIP) guidance collection, adding seven guides on...
The Local Government Association (LGA) has published its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s consultation on...
This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: the grant of development consent for two renewable energy projects, and two judgments on...
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
Bias and pre-determination in planning casesScope of bias and pre-determination in planning casesBias and pre-determination can be an issue in planning cases where a planning decision-maker, including a local planning authority (LPA) or planning inspector/Secretary of State, is determining a
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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 point
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