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Get, change, implement planning permission
We cover all key aspects of the planning application process from the procedure, viability considerations, to decision-making and material considerations, to the duty to give reasons for planning decisions.
Planning issues in property
A series of Practice Notes and Checklists outlining the planning issues for a planning title in a property transaction. How information’s revealed, what to report on, and the significance of the findings for the buyer.
Compulsory purchase
Compulsory purchase is governed by complex legislation, case law and guidance. We provide the legal requirements and good practice to help customers navigate the procedure, scope of CPOs and opportunities for challenge.
Legislation, guidance and commentary
Planning requirements, procedures, policy, appeals and enforcement. We cover developments ranging from small-scale residential extensions to nationally significant infrastructure projects.
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Latest Planning News
The Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide 2026 has been published and applies immediately. Its principal additions for practitioners are broader...
The Planning Inspectorate has updated its Rights of way guidance booklet, amending paragraphs 2.5.2 and 2.5.5 of the guidance on procedures for...
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has launched a call for evidence on the impacts of marine non-licensable activities and anchoring on...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published guidance on local air quality management (LAQM), setting out how local...
The Welsh Government has updated the Professional Conduct Rules for Registered Building Control Approvers (Wales). The update amends rule 4.5 to...
Latest Planning Practice Notes
IntroductionCommunity Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge levied in respect of development. The legislative basis for CIL is found in Part 11 of the...
This Practice Note details the pre-action protocols, referring to the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols (Practice Direction), as...
This Practice Note sets out how environmental delivery plans (EDPs) and the Nature Restoration Levy introduced under Part 3 of the Planning and...
STOP PRESS: An updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on 12 December 2024. This content is being reviewed in...
Statutory duty to consider heritage impacts in determining planning applicationsUntil 4 November 2024, the planning law on heritage assets (including...
Latest Planning Precedents
Date [date]Parties1[name of Owner] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose registered office is at]...
1DefinitionsBiodiversity Gain•the biodiversity gain objective described in Schedule 7A of TCPA 1990, and any analogous requirement relating to...
This is the first draft of a precedent conservation covenant agreement, to be made under section 117 of the Environment Act 2021 (EA 2021). It is...
Dated:Parties1[insert party name] whose registered office is at [insert address] (‘the First Party); and2[insert party name] whose registered office...
Definitions1In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions have the corresponding meaning:1.1‘Code of...
Latest Planning Q&As
Featured Planning content
Statutory wayleaves and rights of access
Statutory wayleaves and rights of accessUtilitiesThe water, gas, electricity, communications and energy industries enjoy statutory rights of access...
Planning conditions—the six tests
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?
What is a section 111 agreement?
Where a roadway is adopted by the local highways authority, can it also form part of an individual property owner's registered title? What is the effect if a way is both adopted but also shown as within a registered title to a residential property?
Section 215 notice requiring maintenance of land
Section 215 notice requiring maintenance of landIntroductionThe purpose of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) is to...
Can a Grampian condition be imposed in respect of works which require Planning Permission in their own right?
Bias and pre-determination in planning cases
Bias and pre-determination in planning casesScope of bias and pre-determination in planning casesBias and pre-determination can be an issue in...
Permitted development in Wales
Permitted development in WalesPlanning permission is required for the development of land. 'Development', which is defined in the Town and Country...
Declaratory relief of planning decisions
Declaratory relief of planning decisionsA declaratory judgment is a judgment identifying the rights, duties or obligations of one or more parties in a...
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)What is a Site of Special Scientific Interest?Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are sites in...
If an unadopted highway has fallen into disrepair, what rights are open to an individual whose right to pass and repass over that highway has been restricted by the state of disrepair?
Are there any restrictions on amending the red line on a planning application before it is determined?
What is a town or village green?
What is a town or village green?The existence of a town or village green (TVG) may restrict or even prevent development. It is a criminal offence to...
Material change of use
Material change of useControl of developmentPursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning permission is...
Is there a limitation period for water authorities to require a build over agreement to be entered into (for example, if a building had been in existence for 12 years without a relevant build over agreement in place)? Are there any specific powers to require a build over agreement to be entered into retrospectively (if the authority owned the sewer prior to the 2011 transfer)?
Implementing a CPO—notice to treat and General Vesting Declaration
Implementing a CPO—notice to treat and General Vesting DeclarationContextThe confirmation of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) does not vest title in...
The Crichel Down Rules
The Crichel Down RulesThe Crichel Down Rules (the Rules) require that in certain circumstances, surplus government land that was acquired by, or under...
Associated legal terms
Section 106 agreement
Agreements made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s 106 between developers and local planning authorities (LPAs) in respect of land, that regulate development or require money to be paid to the LPA to mitigate the impacts of development. They bind the land and are enforceable against successors.
Sensitivity Analysis
Analysis testing the impact of varying inputs into a scheme appraisal on the resultant output (land value or profit).
Town and Village Green
Land used by local people for lawful sports and pastimes ‘as of right’ (ie without permission, force or secrecy) for at least 20 years. TVGs may restrict or prevent development and it is a criminal offence to disturb or interfere with the use or enjoyment of a TVG.
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