Roy Pinnock, Author at UK Planning Law Blog

The Magic section 237 Wand – or is it not quite that simple?

After the Heaney judgment in 2010 developers have had a clear need to address rights and restrictions at the outset. […]

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In November the Government announced changes to planning policy in relation to the size of schemes that should provide affordable […]

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Progress toward operational onshore shale sites remains slow, but 2015 promises to be an interesting year for consenting, protesting and […]

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Shale gas exploration looks set to face a defining year in the UK as changes to land access rights are […]

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The Government has made further changes to the approach to planning obligations in the Planning Practice Guidance on Section 106 […]

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The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is still in its early infancy. 45 authorities are charging, 19 authorities are in the twilight […]

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We have already highlighted the varied outcomes from the Government’s ‘Planning Guarantee’ changes to the Planning (Fees etc) Regulations 2012. […]

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DECC have just published “Guidance of Community Benefits from Onshore Wind Developments“. The paper provides some great examples of the […]

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The Green Belt is back in the news. DCLG has updated the NPPG, and included responses to two further questions […]

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The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 amended the Section 106 regime to allow developers to challenge affordable housing obligations on […]

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The Oxford Planning Law conference took place over the weekend. One of the main themes was the benefit of public […]

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We have previously noted the outcome of the viability appeals beginning to trickle through under the new Section 106BA/BC provisions […]

By Roy Pinnock