Navigating the complexities of UK building regulations is crucial for any legal practitioner in the planning sector. This topic offers expert, up-to-date guidance on compliance, enforcement, and practical considerations to ensure developments meet all statutory obligations. Stay informed with best practices and key changes to effectively advise your clients and manage regulatory risks.
On 2 June 2026, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published a new collection of guidance titled 'Biodiversity net gain:...
Planning analysis: The government has laid before Parliament the final-form draft regulations, and published the final statutory guidance for local...
The Planning Inspectorate has published a collection of templates for local planning authorities to provide housing land supply evidence at local plan...
Real Estate:UK (RE:UK) has published its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)'s consultation 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...
Section 215 notice requiring maintenance of landIntroduction to section 215 noticesThe purpose of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) is to give a local planning authority (LPA) power to take steps to require land to be cleared up where its condition affects the amenity
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
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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