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Nicola Gooch
PD or Not PD, That is the Question: Are permitted development rights being unfairly demonised?
As the youngest of three children, I seem to have spent much of my formative years arguing about whether blame had been fairly attributed...
15/04/19
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
Land Registry Makes it Easier to Re-Mortgage
The Land Registry’s digital service “Sign your mortgage deed” was launched a year ago and is now being offered by major high street...
11/04/19
Nicola Gooch
The Green Belt Untied: Councils mull green-belt release as a solution to housing shortfalls
Below is a story that came out in Planning Resource last week, which details three local plans that are progressing on the basis of...
08/04/19
Irwin Mitchell
Reforms ahead for the retirement living sector as consultation responses published
Colleague and retirement living specialist David Hutber notes the following: March 2019 was an important month for the retirement living...
02/04/19
Nicola Gooch
Affordability and Housing Need: The statistics rollercoaster rides again.
Given the levels of high political drama dominating the news cycle at present*, you would be forgiven for missing the fact that the...
01/04/19
Nicola Gooch
'Poor Doors' and Play Areas: The tricky issue of subsidising facilities for social housing
The Guardian recently published an article (below), which highlights the case of a development which was amended post grant of planning...
26/03/19
Nicola Gooch
It's a page right out of history! California faces planning headache over the 'Flintstone House'
I can never resist a good 'planning vs cultural icons' story.* This week's contribution comes from sunny California, and just goes to...
19/03/19
Nicola Gooch
Connecting the POCA dots: Court of Appeal finds another Council's planning prosecutions are an abuse of process
Planning Judgments can be a bit like London buses*^. You wait forever for one to be released and then several come along at once. Last...
11/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
The Millennial "Mates" Mortgage for Four? But what are the planning implications.
This week's post takes inspiration from a twitter conversation I had on my commute home last night as I saw the BBC article below shared....
06/03/19
Nicola Gooch
Holy Unmet Housing Need, Batman! Waverley's woes over Local Plan challenges continue
In a system where a large proportion of councils fail to plan for enough new houses; you have to feel sorry for Waverley. The Council is...
05/03/19
Nicola Gooch
What links the increasing popularity of tiny homes and outrage over Airbnb abuses in London? The under-delivery of new houses.
Last week, MHCLG published further revisions to the NPPF and the results of the Housing Delivery Test*. This blog is not about either of...
26/02/19
Nicola Gooch
Is MHCLG's Bark worse than its Bite? Secretary of State backs away from 'nuclear option' of writing Councils' Local Plans for them
On Valentine's day, Planning Resource published a story which probably deserves more attention than it has received. The week before, the...
19/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Applying the tilted balance is no substitute for concluding on the question of 5 year supply.
The question of how tilted a balance the tilted balance really is was looked at again by Dove J in Gladman Development Ltd 2019 EWHC 128...
18/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Free 500 page book on property law reform available online...
The Law Commission are consulting on making changes to "commonhold". This is the English and Welsh version of strata (if you are familiar...
13/02/19
Nicola Gooch
You're late, you're late, for a very important date! Court of Appeal reinforces importance of being on time when filing a claim in the planning court.
It is a well known fact that, when it comes to filing cases in the Planning Court, timeliness is next to godliness. I cannot be the only...
12/02/19
Elizabeth Thomson
Insolvency and adjudication: Bresco, Primus et al
Adjudication by a company in liquidation where there are cross-claims is possible but futile; companies in a CVA may be in a better...
11/02/19
Nicola Gooch
The Death of the NIMBY: YouGov Survey finds 55% of people support new build homes in their area
It is not often that I get to quote Bob Dylan in a planning post, but 'the times they are a-changin'. A recent YouGov survey,...
04/02/19
Elizabeth Thomson
Landlords of multi-let properties beware
Real estate solicitor, Safeena Ali, reviews a recent case on the effect of an enforcement covenant in a lease. Following the decision of...
29/01/19
Nicola Gooch
EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE: Planning Enforcement officers take on a Dalek, and a Pub, for breaching Listed Building rules
The news cycle is a bit depressing at the moment, so this week we are revisiting the war that planning enforcement officers appear to be...
28/01/19
Irwin Mitchell
When is a Nursery a School, a School a Nursery and a Nursery-School?
Nurseries are not the same as schools under planning legislation, the High Court has decided, but the whilst the headlines reference the...
24/01/19
Nicola Gooch
The Famous Five: A quick(ish) recap of case law on the operation of the Community Infrastructure Levy
In the last eight weeks, the number of reported cases on the operation of the Community Infrastructure Levy has almost doubled....
22/01/19
Nicola Gooch
Keep Calm and Keep on Building: Can Malthouse deliver on his 'Moral Mission' to build 300,000 homes a year?
If you missed Kit Malthouse's interview in the Times, earlier this month, I recommend tracking it down (or clicking the link at the...
15/01/19
Nicola Gooch
NICE work if you can get it: Planning policies should promote physical activity says public health organisation
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (which has the rather wonderful acronym 'NICE') is known to most of us as the body...
07/01/19
Irwin Mitchell
Can Localism save your High Street?
The last Thursday before Christmas saw a flurry of activity from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)...
03/01/19
Nicola Gooch
Are MHCLG's CIL Reforms Naughty or Nice? Draft CIL Regulations out for Consultation
I have clearly been a good little planning nerd this year as, a mere four days after I asked Santa for the draft CIL Regulations, they...
20/12/18
Irwin Mitchell
Blockchain for UK student housing. Solved
...is what a lot of investors and proptech enthusiasts would like to be able to say. There is some way to go though. There has been an...
20/12/18
Nicola Gooch
I'm Dreaming of a CIL Christmas.... New Draft Regulations were promised by the end of the year - will Santa deliver?
Given how eventful the last few days have been in politics, it is not surprising if the Budget feels like ancient history. That said, ...
17/12/18
Nicola Gooch
High-Tech Houses & Affordable Eco Homes: Airbnb to move into residential development
Yesterday, the Times reported that Airbnb - the short term rental company that has massively disrupted the hotel industry - is about to...
05/12/18
Nicola Gooch
Obtain Planning Permission, You Must: Teignbridge Council faces a galactic planning en-force-ment issue
Teignbridge Council has found itself in the unusual position of having to fend off what appears, at first glance, to be an imperial...
27/11/18
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
Discharge of Restrictive Covenant Requiring Approval of Plans
A case decided last week by the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) is good news for developers looking to develop land subject to a...
22/11/18