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Planning analysis: In Thomas Connors v Bromley LBC, the High Court dismissed a judicial review challenge to a local planning authority (LPA)’s...
Planning analysis: The draft Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026 were laid before Parliament on 18 June 2026. They provide the procedural and...
The Environmental Delivery Plans (Appropriate Prioritisation) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/655 were made on 16 June 2026, laid before Parliament on 18...
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published its response to the 2025 consultation on updating wind turbine noise guidance...
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...
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
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
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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