Setting the Tone

There is a general consensus that land should be “right priced”. Where it is viable the costs of providing both […]

By Stephen Ashworth

Magic Bullets? Why Value Capture Should Be Kept Simple

The House of Commons Housing Communities & Local Government Select Committee Land Value Capture Inquiry report is great, but dangerous. […]

By Stephen Ashworth

A new Compulsory Sales Order (CSO) power could tackle the blight of abandoned buildings and parcels of vacant and derelict […]

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The emergence of the Housing White Paper in February 2017 saw increased attention to the role of Compulsory Purchase Orders […]

By Michele Vas

With the General Election drawing ever closer, planning forms the battleground for a several controversial issues close to voters’ hearts, […]

By Jamie McKie

The third reading of any Bill in the House of Lords is normally fantastically dull. That was not true of […]

By Stephen Ashworth

We look at the current approaches to assessing compensation in the context of CPOs. The promotion of nationally significant infrastructure […]

By Michele Vas

The recent refusal by the Secretary of State to confirm Southwark Council’s CPO for the next phase of the Aylesbury […]

By Michele Vas

However the new Parliamentary balance of power plays out, planning will be in the frontline of addressing housing needs. The Conservative […]

By Roy Pinnock

At last there is a political consensus that there is a massive housing shortage in this country. Three-quarters of the […]

By Roy Pinnock

Delivering major development is difficult. One of the deterrents is often the need to assemble fragmented land ownerships. The availability […]

By Stephen Ashworth

After the Heaney judgment in 2010 developers have had a clear need to address rights and restrictions at the outset. […]

By Roy Pinnock