The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has consolidated several of its Rights of way (RoW) advice notes, including 1, 3, 9, 16, 20, 21, 22, and 23, into the appendices of the RoW guidance booklet. Advice notes addressing policy and legal matters, including 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14 15, 19, which fall outside PINS’ remit, will no longer be updated and will be archived. Additionally, the consistency guidelines have also been archived and will not be updated.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has updated its procedural guidance for Section 62A authorities in special measures, revising paragraph 8.3 of Appendix 3, which pertains to the Community Infrastructure Levy and planning obligations.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has updated its guidance documents on local plan examinations, namely the guidance on the examination process of local plans and on taking part in examinations of local plans.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has updated its local plans pre-examination checklists to reflect the Minister of State for Housing and Planning's letter of 27 November 2025. The letter set out the government's intention to revoke the duty to co-operate under the current plan-making system, while requiring local planning authorities to continue working collaboratively across their boundaries, including in relation to unmet development needs from neighbouring areas.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has updated its 2024 Pre-application Prospectus for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIP) by introducing a mandatory land and rights negotiations tracker as a primary service feature, releasing a new programme document template for use from 1 November 2025, and adding a section clarifying expectations for applicants engaging with the Inspectorate. These changes aim to improve application preparedness, streamline interactions, and support more efficient post-submission processes. Minor stylistic revisions were also made to enhance clarity and consistency throughout the document.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has updated its procedural guidance for planning appeals relating to applications submitted on or after 1 April 2026, providing further clarification on the roles and processes applicable under the Part 1 written representations (expedited) procedure. The updated guidance also confirms that local planning authorities (LPAs) provide document lists and suggested conditions as part of their questionnaire submissions, with appellants given seven days to comment on any suggested conditions. The guidance applies to planning appeals, householder development appeals, minor commercial appeals, listed building appeals, advertisement appeals and discontinuance notice appeals.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has updated three procedural guidance documents, covering planning appeals, enforcement appeals and certificate of lawful use or development appeals. An additional sentence has been added to inform parties that, until further notice, planning appeals proceeding via the written representations procedure will not be linked to enforcement or lawful development certificate appeals, except in exceptional, case-specific circumstances, effective 25 June 2025.

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The PIP Implant World Victims Association (PIPA) celebrates the long-standing fight for PIP breast implant compensation after the Paris Court of Appeal held that the German certifier of the PIP implants, TUV Rheinland, is responsible for marketing breast implants filled with industrial silicone for the past 10 years. The decision paves the way for full compensation totalling to tens of thousands of euros for 20,000 victims, at the request of PIPA’s lawyer. TUV approved ‘PIP to affix the CE mark to the adulterated products’ which lead to victims having suffered ruptured implants, leaking of the silicone in the body which formed lumps leading to inflammation (siliconoma), and in worse cases the high incidence of autistic disorders in children who were breastfed with TUV-certified silicone. PIPA notes that the statute of limitations for personal injury is 10 years from the end of the suffering, thus patients who may not have applied for compensation may still be entitled to do so by 30 June 2021. The judgement is set to be released on 16 September 2021.

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What is PISCES? The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) is a new type of secondary trading platform that can host intermittent trading events of eligible private company shares by certain qualifying parties. It operates as a five-year financial market infrastructure regulatory sandbox and was created under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/583 (PISCES Regulations 2025). PISCES platforms will typically be used by investors, PISCES companies (private companies located in the UK or overseas) and financial intermediaries, but they can also be used by: • employees and those providing consultancy and managerial services in relation to the PISCES company, and • trustees of employee benefit trusts, including trustees of share incentive plans (SIPs) Companies using a PISCES platform can control: • when their shares may be traded • who can buy their shares • a floor and/or ceiling price for their shares, and • who gets information about the company or any transactions in its shares The PISCES regime

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper (CP24/29) seeking feedback on the proposed regulatory framework for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), a new type of trading platform designed to facilitate intermittent trading of private company shares using market infrastructure. Responses are sought by 17 February 2025. HM Treasury (HMT) intends to lay a statutory instrument before Parliament by May 2025, which will provide the legal framework for the PISCES Sandbox. The FCA expects to publish its final rules shortly thereafter.