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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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A 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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Neighbourhood watch

Neighbourhood Planning remains a political priority and is one of the areas for which Planning Policy Guidance has recently been […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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. […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Tip of the iceberg?

The controversy around basement extensions continues. In the same month that barristers’ Chambers Lincolns Inn proposed a subterranean facility and […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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Power to the people?

Localism remains a political priority.  The introduction of Neighbourhood Planning and the ability to nominate Assets of Community Value via […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell
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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 […]

By Lucy McDonnell

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