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Planning for the New Normal – Scottish temporary modifications

By Roy Pinnock
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Section 73 Changes – Don’t Let the Gremlins In

By Roy Pinnock
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Planning controversies demand clear reasons

By Roy Pinnock
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The right to know why

By Roy Pinnock
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Brexit: A week later

What are the likely effects of the Referendum decision on planning? The real answer is that nobody knows but here […]

By Roy Pinnock
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DCO regime faces a real test

Better known as the super-sewer, the Thames Tideway Tunnel (“TTT”) Development Consent Order, granted on 12 September 2014, was a […]

By Katie Scuoler
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Success for Dentons at Rushden Lakes

The Secretary of State has granted permission for the £50million, 465,000 sq ft retail and leisure redevelopment of Rushden Lakes […]

By Melanie Blanchard
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EIA changes are welcome … in part

Some of the changes to the EIA regime, which look likely to come into effect in the UK in 2016, […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Environmental Impact Assessment Directive: tinkering one step closer

The European Parliament and the Council of Minsters have approved the Commission’s proposed changes to the EIA Directive. The Directive […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Demolition job

The Government has published a new Demolition Direction, which confirms that permission is only required for demolition of buildings larger […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Bar still rising for EIA challenges

There has been a steady flow of cases winding back the scope for legal challenges on the grounds of defective […]

By Roy Pinnock

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