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Nicola Gooch
The First Month of Gove: What have the last four weeks revealed about our new Secretary of State?
Remember, remember the first weeks of November, DLUHC sure did a lot, The Secretary of State to Street Votes did take, But to the Marina...
16/11/21
David Shirt
Government moves to next stage with its forced arbitration and new code of conduct proposals
By James Walters, Associate Solicitor in Real Estate Disputes at Irwin Mitchell. The Government has today issued a press release...
09/11/21
Nicola Gooch
Autumn Budget 2021: Planning for the Future?
The Chancellor has just delivered his Autumn Budget and announced the results of the spending review. Whilst we may be set for a...
27/10/21
Nicola Gooch
CIL, S.106 Agreements & Affordable Housing Relief: What happens when the housing crisis hits political reality.
On Friday, the High Court handed down a decision which, in many ways, typifies the very essence of the housing crisis. The case,...
18/10/21
Nicola Gooch
Is it time for a more holistic approach to 'sustainable' development?
It's not easy being green.* Admittedly, when those words were first sung, it wasn't in the context of planning or development, but it is...
15/10/21
Nicola Gooch
Build Back Beaver: Has the Government's planning agenda gone from 'radical reform' to sloth?
Yesterday, whilst Twitter and LinkedIn were abuzz with news from the Conservative party conference, I went to the zoo*. An unexpected...
08/10/21
Nicola Gooch
Jailhouse Rock: Should unauthorised development be criminalised?
On 21 September, Gareth Bacon MP, a conservative backbencher, introduced a private members bill into parliament, seeking to make...
01/10/21
Irwin Mitchell
Carry on Camping
BBC News has this morning reported a surge in demand for 'pop-up' campsites around the UK. At this point I thought it would be timely to...
10/06/21
Nicola Gooch
Plans, Trains and AONB: Does the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail herald the return of strategic planning?
Last week was certainly eventful. The Supreme Court handed down it's decision in Fylde Coast Farms; MHCLG announced which local...
25/05/21
Nicola Gooch
The Queen's Speech: Planning, Promises, and Priorities
The fact that planning reform was going to feature in the Queen's Speech was hardly a surprise to anyone who listened to the news, or...
11/05/21
Nicola Gooch
Treasury Opens Consultation on Design of Residential Developer Tax & Other News
It seems fitting that my first blog post of the new financial year* is about tax. On 29 April, the Treasury launched a consultation...
04/05/21
Nicola Gooch
Back to Reality: High Court rules against Virtual Committees
Yesterday, the High Court laid to rest our last hope of virtual committee meetings being able to continue past 7 May 2021, when it handed...
29/04/21
Elizabeth Thomson
Budget 2021: What’s in it for real estate?
Stuart Tym, Claire Petricca‑Riding and Paul Henson consider the Chancellor’s Budget delivered on 3 March. Energy The March Budget...
22/04/21
Nicola Gooch
My what big teeth you have! High Court invalidates CIL liability notice issued 2 years and 6 months after the grant of planning permission
One of the biggest inadequacies of the CIL Regulations* is that they are entirely silent about the consequences of non-compliance by a...
19/04/21
Nicola Gooch
Mixed messages on planning as the economy starts to re-open
It feels like April 12th has been circled in our diaries for an age. Hairdressers and shops are finally starting to re-open. The long...
13/04/21
Nicola Gooch
Keeping it Class E: New Class E to Residential PD Rights to take effect on 1 August 2021
This morning, MHCLG announced that a new set of permitted development rights for Class E to Residential use will be laid before...
31/03/21
Nicola Gooch
HCLG Select Committee launches inquiry into Permitted Development Rights.
PD, or not PD, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the ongoing indignities of lower housing delivery figures,...
24/03/21
Elizabeth Thomson
Tax Day is here – finally! But what, if anything, do the Treasury’s new tax policies and consultations mean for business rates?
By Hayley Crombleholme, Solicitor, Real Estate Disputes Yesterday the Government published an interim report on their Fundamental Review...
24/03/21
Nicola Gooch
MHCLG springs into action: Are Saturday's planning announcements an attempt to get us Summer ready?
The first day of spring is often glorious, and last Saturday was no exception. The sun shone; the cherry trees in our garden are in full...
22/03/21
Nicola Gooch
There's gotta be something better than this: CIL breaks the link between new development and infrastructure provision - and this is a problem.
If you have not read today's Property Week, I thoroughly recommend it. One of the lead features is an investigation into the rate at...
12/03/21
Liam Salt
The CVA challenge: Regis and New Look consider the limits
By Claire Hammond - Practice Development Lawyer, Restructuring & Insolvency Is it time to halt the creep on increasingly aggressive CVAs...
10/03/21
Nicola Gooch
It's always the last place you look.... the potential ACV bombshell hidden in the Budget
Hidden deep in the fine print of the Budget is potentially transformative news for Assets of Community Value. Whilst most of the funding...
04/03/21
David Shirt
ESG & Real Estate - now firmly on the agenda
By Paul Henson is a Partner and Head of the London Real Estate Disputes Team at Irwin Mitchell. Environmental, Social and Governance...
26/02/21
Nicola Gooch
A tale of two reports: What "Strong Suburbs" and "Coming Home" tell us about perspectives on the housing crisis and the planning system.
Since my last post we have seen the release of two influential reports addressing the UK housing crisis and how to solve it; namely:...
25/02/21
David Shirt
Will dilapidations disputes increase in the post pandemic world?
Tim Rayner Joint Head of the Real Estate Disputes at Irwin Mitchell explains why dilapidations disputes are set to increase and how...
25/02/21
Nicola Gooch
You have no authority here, Kitty Weaver! The state of virtual planning in 2021
When it comes to virtual meeting mishaps, February has certainly been an eventful month! The month started with the viral sensation...
11/02/21
Elizabeth Thomson
Dancing in the Street: What will 2021 bring to the hospitality sector?
The hospitality sector is having to adapt to an ever-evolving regulatory regime in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jennifer Ayris and...
10/02/21
David Shirt
What will the office of the future look like?
The office has been changing for some time but the pace has certainly accelerated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Laura Jones...
04/02/21
Nicola Gooch
When One consultation Closes, Another One Opens: MHCLG launches consultation on changes to NPPF and National Design Codes
Just two days after the Class E to Resi PD Consultation closed*; MHCLG opened another one. This latest consultation, which launched on...
02/02/21
Nicola Gooch
Make do and amend: more case law on the variation of planning conditions
The scope and limitations of local authority powers to amend or vary conditions has attracted more than its fair share of judicial...
25/01/21