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Nicola Gooch
Dear Prime Minister: A Planning & Environmental Wish List
After a summer of hustings, debates, and garden party faux pas, a new Prime Minister is finally entering Number 10. Whatever your...
05/09/22
Elizabeth Thomson
A matter of trusts
Ahead of the 1 September deadline, Polly Seale and I consider the impact of the Trust Registration Service. The Trust Registration...
30/08/22
Nicola Gooch
Water Woes: What role can the planning system play in holding water companies to account?
I have spent an awful lot of time over the last few months thinking about water. Between nutrient and water neutrality issues, hosepipe...
23/08/22
Tracy Lovejoy
Planning and the Public Sector Equality Duty: A reminder
Local planning authorities, like other public bodies, are subject to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) duty in section 149 of the...
23/08/22
Claire Petricca-Riding
Air: All I Need
One of my favourite songs is All I Need by Air. It is a catchy song if you like 1990's French electro pop, but the combination of the...
18/08/22
Nicola Gooch
Pretty Appealing: A selection box of recent High Court, Court of Appeal and Planning Appeal Decisions
Whilst planning may not be generally considered the "sexiest" profession in the world, it can certainly be pretty darn appealing... To...
18/08/22
Jennifer Ayris
Is co-retailing the answer?
Over recent years, we’ve embraced a sharing economy – sharing office space, residential accommodation and eating places – but this was...
15/08/22
Nicola Gooch
Best Laid Plans: Local Plans, LURB & Litter... nothing is quite working out as intended
Like many things in the last few weeks, this post has not gone to plan. I had intended to write it before the weekend, but both of my...
09/08/22
Elizabeth Thomson
Register of overseas entities – six key questions answered
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”) was introduced in response to the situation in Ukraine. It sets up...
02/08/22
Nicola Gooch
Interesting Times: Politics, Power, Planning Reform & Article 4 Directions
Parliament may be in recess but the last week has been far from quiet. Between the train strikes, the Conservative leadership contest and...
29/07/22
Irwin Mitchell
John Lewis – ditching retail for real estate
John Lewis has recently announced plans to build 10,000 new homes over the next decade. Based on current proposals, the properties will...
22/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Nutrient Neutrality: A strategic solution is finally in sight
Nutrient Neutrality: You wait for years for a pragmatic solution and suddenly two come along at once. Just five days after the Court of...
21/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Court of Appeal Decision: Could Wyatt v Fareham Borough Council help those affected by Natural England's Nutrient Neutrality Advice?
On Friday, the Court of Appeal issued a fascinating judgment concerning the correct approach to applying the 2018 version of Natural...
18/07/22
Irwin Mitchell
The potential alternatives to terminal dilapidations
When faced with a dilapidated property, many landlords focus only on one remedy – the terminal claim, being the claim in damages that...
14/07/22
Shannon Tong
Real Estate NFTs and SDLT
The rising use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is evident, with the UK Chancellor recently ordering for a government-backed NFT to be...
01/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Unlocking Potential for Seniors Housing: We are all getting older - let's at least try to plan for it.
Earlier this week, the latest census data showed just how rapidly our society is ageing. The 65+ population in England has grown by...
01/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Infrastructure Levy under the spotlight: nobody expects the Planning Inquisition
There has been a lot of discussion about the new ‘Infrastructure Levy’ since the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill was published. In this...
28/06/22
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
Tribunal permits block of flats in breach of single dwelling covenant
In the recent case of HAE Developments Ltd v The Croft Ealing Ltd and another, the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (the “Tribunal”)...
27/06/22
Paul Henson
A fairer Private Rented Sector
On 16 June 2022 the Government published a white paper, which set out its plans for changes to the private rented sector, entitled ‘A...
27/06/22
Nicola Gooch
Tainted LURB: What can we learn from the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill's Second Reading?
Wednesday 8 June was not just the second day of my Inquiry. It was also the date of the second reading of the Levelling Up and...
09/06/22
Tracy Lovejoy
Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: a more flexible type of CPO
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill proposes changes to the compulsory purchase regime. The principal reason given by the government...
31/05/22
Stefano DAmbrosio Nunez
The Beginning of the End of Environmental Impact Assessments
The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, published on 11 May 2022, contains substantial changes to the environmental assessment legal...
26/05/22
Nicola Gooch
The Levelling-Up & Regeneration Bill: Local Plans and Housing Numbers - We don't talk about SMAHN No, No, No, No....
There are a great many reform proposals in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill, and the 'further information' that accompanied it....
22/05/22
Tracy Lovejoy
Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: Changes to the Enforcement Regime
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which followed the Planning for the Future White Paper of 2020 and the Levelling Up White Paper...
17/05/22
Nicola Gooch
The Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill: Highlights, Headlines and Henry the Eighth
On 11 May 2022,* the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill was placed before Parliament. I am writing this post on the day of the bill's...
12/05/22
Nicola Gooch
Does the Queen’s Speech deliver on Levelling-up, Planning Reform and the Environment?
There is a lot to say on the content, or lack of it, of the Queen's Speech. The Planning Bill is officially dead. In its place we are...
10/05/22
Nicola Gooch
Never Underestimate a Droid: The "National Digital Mapping Platform" and the digitisation of the planning system
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, the department formerly known as MHCLG, launched a consultation paper that promised a radical...
04/05/22
Nicola Gooch
Signs of Stress: What do the cracks in the planning system mean for planning reform and the levelling up agenda?
Over the last few months, I have noticed a steady drip of stories which should really trouble Ministers at DLUHC, assuming that they ever...
27/04/22
Elizabeth Thomson
Limiting and excluding liability in your professional appointments
The recent challenges the industry has experienced are expected to continue into 2022. Coupled with the issues some consultants are...
20/04/22
Nicola Gooch
Faster, Higher, Stronger….Together: Is it time to bring back the Planning Olympics?
I stumbled across a quite interesting piece of trivia over the bank holiday weekend:* Town Planning used to be an Olympic Sport. Between...
19/04/22