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Free-Standing Sustainable Development Assessment a Mistake

By Roy Pinnock
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DCO Decision Confirms Heritage Approach

By Roy Pinnock
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Two become one

By Katie Scuoler
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Planning controversies demand clear reasons

By Roy Pinnock
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SEA change

There has been a spate of recent cases concerning the requirement for plan makers to consider ‘any reasonable alternatives’ as […]

By Rachael Herbert
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Daylight/ Sunlight Error Fatal To Permission

In Watt, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hackney & Anor [2016] EWHC 1978 (Admin), the High […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Court of Appeal Confirms Full OAN Benchmark for Sensitive Area Developments

We commented on Knight Developments saga applying for 100 homes in the Ashdown Forest last year. Although upholding the High […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Valued Landscapes Must Be Something Special

In Forest of Dean District Council v Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government& Anor [2016] EWHC 2429 (Admin), […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Amalgamation of units still at risk

As we have noted previously, the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“TCPA”) is clear that the conversion of a […]

By Katie Scuoler
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Neighbourhood Plans Fudge

The Government’s solution to the so-far intractable problem of Neighbourhood Plans that do not meet housing needs is here in […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Autumn Statement: mood music?

In the absence of the Housing White Paper, the industry is still left needing to mind the gap.  We have […]

By Roy Pinnock and Jamie McKie
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Vacant Building Credit – an own goal?

Vacant Building Credit (VBC) was re-introduced into the NPPG in May 2016 to less vocal opposition than it faced when […]

By Michele Vas

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