Assets of Community Value: chickens and eggs
Some recent cases have considered Assets of Community Value (ACVs) where the owner is both appealing a refusal of planning […]
Lucy McDonnell
Full bioA layer of complexity, a review of the ramifications of the Localism Act five years on
The Localism Act 2011 obtained royal assent in November 2011, gradually bringing into effect a raft of legislation supporting the […]
Neighbourhood Planning Unchained? The Neighbourhood Planning Bill 2016
Having lost its infrastructure component between the Queen’s Speech and publication, the slimline Neighbourhood Planning Bill had its first reading […]
Lions and tigers and … Assets of Community Value
The first Asset of Community Value (ACV) case to reach the Upper Tribunal has upheld the listing of a field […]
Neighbourhood watch
Neighbourhood Planning remains a political priority and is one of the areas for which Planning Policy Guidance has recently been […]
Putting the Neighbourhood Plan cart before the Local Plan horse
The Court of Appeal has granted permission for the first Neighbourhood Plan case to be heard by it on appeal. […]
Neighbourhood planning: full steam ahead?
The Housing and Planning Bill seeks to further the Government’s localism agenda, by speeding up the neighbourhood planning process. The […]
Inspector’s decisions and the kitchen sink
The recent decision in Villages Action Group v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government highlights the need to […]
Tip of the iceberg?
The controversy around basement extensions continues. In the same month that barristers’ Chambers Lincolns Inn proposed a subterranean facility and […]
Power to the people?
Localism remains a political priority. The introduction of Neighbourhood Planning and the ability to nominate Assets of Community Value via […]
Save the “Great British Pub”
On 6 April an amendment to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 came into force, placing […]
Steps to listing an asset of community value
Increasing numbers of sites are being registered by community groups as Assets of Community Value or ACVs. These range from […]