Shale gale blows on in 2015
Shale gas exploration looks set to face a defining year in the UK as changes to land access rights are […]
Roy Pinnock
Full bioSection 106 – baffling changes will confuse
The Government has made further changes to the approach to planning obligations in the Planning Practice Guidance on Section 106 […]
CIL – getting strategic sites right
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is still in its early infancy. 45 authorities are charging, 19 authorities are in the twilight […]
Money back guarantee for planning – is it working?
We have already highlighted the varied outcomes from the Government’s ‘Planning Guarantee’ changes to the Planning (Fees etc) Regulations 2012. […]
Wind farm community benefits ‘are not a material consideration’, guidance says …
DECC have just published “Guidance of Community Benefits from Onshore Wind Developments“. The paper provides some great examples of the […]
What a belter
The Green Belt is back in the news. DCLG has updated the NPPG, and included responses to two further questions […]
Viability still under the spotlight
The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 amended the Section 106 regime to allow developers to challenge affordable housing obligations on […]
Public participation in planning
The Oxford Planning Law conference took place over the weekend. One of the main themes was the benefit of public […]
Back to basics: a reminder on viability appeals
We have previously noted the outcome of the viability appeals beginning to trickle through under the new Section 106BA/BC provisions […]
Shale planning: forward guidance is not new policy
Publication of the Government’s criteria for the 14th Round of Petroleum Exploration Development Licences (PEDLs) has been carefully choreographed to […]
Shale Round takes shape
The Government has published the application criteria for the 14th Onshore Petroleum Exploration Development Licence (PEDL) Round, accompanied by new […]
Viability in planning – the environmental information regime
The recent First Tier Tribunal (FTT) (Information Rights) decision on disclosure of key parts of Lend Lease’s Heygate Estate viability […]