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Nicola Gooch

The New NPPF - a consultation and a written ministerial statement

Today is yet another big day in the world of planning - it has brought not just a written ministerial statement providing more details on...

30/07/24
Nicola Gooch

Expectation Management: Labour, planning reform and the state of things as they are

According to recent press reports in The Times and The Guardian, Labour will unveil the next piece in it's planning reform agenda on...

29/07/24
Nicola Gooch

What the King's Speech says about Planning

The Chancellor’s first speech in office stated that planning and development was at the heart of this Government’s Growth Agenda. Today’s...

17/07/24
Sanjida Begum

Recent building safety cases: Key developments under the Building Safety Act 2022

Over the last few months, two cases have been released by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) and Upper Tribunal (UT) regarding the application...

16/07/24
Gordon Chan

Supreme Court rules collateral warranty is not a construction contract

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has handed down a significant judgment for the construction industry earlier today (9 July 2024)....

09/07/24
Nicola Gooch

There is No Time to Waste: Labour's Planning Reform Programme is here

Well, that was quick! Barely one working day into the new administration and Labour has laid out its programme of planning reform. This...

08/07/24
Andrew Evans

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act: A quick guide for housebuilders and residential developers

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act is expected to come into force this Autumn and will herald a transformative shift in...

05/07/24
Nicola Gooch

Do you really want to live forever? Later Living and the importance of ageing well.

I am currently in the middle this year's ARCO conference: ‘Building tomorrow - creating housing and care options for all’. If you haven't...

03/07/24
Nicola Gooch

TGI Fry Day: Court of Appeal clarifies law on nutrient neutrality in CG Fry & Son Ltd v SSLUHC 

Whilst it might not have taken quite as long as the Supreme Court's decision in Finch, it is fair to say that the Court of Appeal's...

28/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: A Planning Manifest(o) Comparison.

It's Friday and Manifesto Week is officially drawing to a close. Having spent much of the week summarising manifestos, it only seems...

14/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Labour Manifesto says about Planning

For my third (but not quite final*) post of Manifesto Week, it is time to turn our attention to Labour.  But first, a reminder of the...

13/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Conservative Manifesto says about Planning

Hot on the heels of the Liberal Democrats, whose manifesto launched yesterday, it is the Conservative Manifesto's turn to be put under...

11/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: What the Lib Dem Manifesto says about Planning

Welcome to Manifesto Week!  All three of the main political parties in England are expected to launch their manifestos this week.  As...

10/06/24
Victoria Kempthorne

New JCT Minor Works Building Contracts 2024 published

On the 15 May 2024, JCT released the 2024 edition of the JCT Minor Works Building Contract family. The JCT recommends that the Minor...

07/06/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: We need a grown-up, serious, discussion about Housing. Now.

I don't know how many of you watched the first election debate on Tuesday night. Having tuned in hoping for a serious policy discussion,...

07/06/24
Natalie Cane

New JCT 2024 – Sustainability / ESG

The new JCT Design and Build contract, 2024 edition has been released, and as we have seen, there have been a number of updates to the...

06/06/24
Gordon Chan

Taking a Risk with the Contract? The Good Faith Provisions in JCT DB 2024

This article is part of Irwin Mitchell’s “thought pieces series” on the JCT Design and Build Contract 2024 (DB 2024), by members of the...

05/06/24
Lydia Robinson

Liquidated Damages, The Triple Point Case, and the New JCT

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has released its new Design and Build Contract 2024. A new clause (2.29.5) relating to liquidated...

04/06/24
Ella Ovenden

Will green leases, green finance and EPCs help to reduce the property industry’s environmental footprint?

In September 2023, the UK government announced changes in its approach to reaching the country’s 2050 net zero targets. Continued...

03/06/24
Kate Ruston

Risks and Rewards: the use of AI in real estate

Artificial intelligence is the ability of a computer to perform tasks that are commonly associated with the intellectual processes and...

30/05/24
Nicola Gooch

Election Watch: How many former Secretaries of State at DLUHC are standing at the next election?

Well, I certainly chose an interesting week to get married! *  In the few days before the big day, the Prime Minister called a general...

29/05/24
Nicola Gooch

High Street Rental Auctions: Coming Soon?

After many years of waiting and hoping, finally, we have a blog topic that actually merits a picture of a gavel!  The topic: High Street...

16/05/24
Nicola Gooch

Don't Look Back in Anger: A quick word on CIL and Retrospective Planning Permissions

At the end of April, DLUHC updated the national planning policy guidance on CIL. The revised guidance now includes two new paragraphs...

10/05/24
Nicola Gooch

Changes to PD Rights for barn conversions, farm diversification schemes and agricultural development to take effect from 21 May 2024

April 30 is often a highly eventful date. Not least because, for some of us, it marks the end of the financial year*, or the start of the...

01/05/24
Victoria Kempthorne

New JCT Design and Build Contract 2024 published

Last week the JCT published the long-awaited new design and build contract, the first of the new suite of 2024 JCT contracts. In this...

22/04/24
Nicola Gooch

History Repeating: Affordable Housing, Cascades, First Homes and lessons from the (fairly) recent past

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion about affordable housing, hosted by the LPDF. It was a...

17/04/24
Nicola Gooch

More LURA Commences! Enforcement Changes to take effect from 25 April 2024

Another week goes by and we have another set of LURA commencement regulations… and this one is a big one! The Planning Act 2008...

04/04/24
Natalie Cane

Marks and Spencer case: Demolish and re-build, or retrofit, that is the question

On 1 March 2024 the High Court decided that the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove’s (‘SoS’),...

28/03/24
Nicola Gooch

More LURA comes to those who wait: regulations herald the introduction of commencement notices, high street rental auctions and pavement licences

It's time to update my commencement table again, as …. drumroll please… we now have a third set of commencement regulations for the...

28/03/24
Nicola Gooch

Seniors Housing: Two lost years, but plenty of cause for optimism.

Today is the launch of the latest “Unlocking Potential for Seniors Housing Development" report, which we produce jointly with Knight...

21/03/24