New new towns
We were immensely proud to win the Planning Law Firm of the Year Award a fortnight ago. The award recognised […]
New Towns
Allotments and their protection
The housing shortage and housing affordability, particularly in the South East of England, is a near-constant media headline. Building on […]
Consenting New Towns
Development Consent Orders are a great way to draw together the consents necessary for a piece of infrastructure. As the […]
Muscular Authority
A late amendment to the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 amended the New Towns Act 1981 to allow locally led new […]
The new New Towns Revolution
In May we wrote about Lord Matthew Taylor’s clause in what became the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 introducing provision for […]
Planning and the General Election: keys to long term success
With the General Election drawing ever closer, planning forms the battleground for a several controversial issues close to voters’ hearts, […]
The new New Towns Agenda
The third reading of any Bill in the House of Lords is normally fantastically dull. That was not true of […]
Autumn Statement: mood music?
In the absence of the Housing White Paper, the industry is still left needing to mind the gap. We have […]
MIPIM 2014: London Calling for more homes
This year’s MIPIM is upbeat and dominated by an industry intent on making the most of intense demand for homes […]
New Towns Act 2015?
Dentons sponsored the TCPA to produce a new version of the New Towns Act, updated to make it fit to […]
Muscular Action
The Bank of England is concerned that Britain is building half as many homes a year as Canada, despite having […]
Turn up the volume, three suggestions …
The first two parts of this post identified the clear need for new housing and the important role that the […]