Residential conversions: merger risk
Creation of substantial high end residential properties in Central London by the reconversion of previously subdivided houses, the amalgamation of purpose […]
Roy Pinnock
Full bioDemolition job
The Government has published a new Demolition Direction, which confirms that permission is only required for demolition of buildings larger […]
Build to let case still needs to be made
Attending the launch of the Urban Land Institute’s Best Practice Design Guide for Build To Rent, it is clear there […]
Family Hold Back
Dentons and London First hold an annual lunch at MIPIM for leading politicians, developers, investors, public officials and property professionals. […]
MIPIM 2014: London Calling for more homes
This year’s MIPIM is upbeat and dominated by an industry intent on making the most of intense demand for homes […]
Bar still rising for EIA challenges
There has been a steady flow of cases winding back the scope for legal challenges on the grounds of defective […]
New Towns Act 2015?
Dentons sponsored the TCPA to produce a new version of the New Towns Act, updated to make it fit to […]
The first or last hurrah?
Hurrah An appeal asking for a change to affordable housing requirements has finally been refused. Until now applications have been […]
Shale blockade will fail
We noted in our January fracking update (2014 – Year of shale for planners) that activist owners and interest groups […]
Ministry of relief
Lawyers generally hate unique solutions. No-one wants to be at the bleeding edge. But there are some planning issues that […]
Stopped up
This is a cheat repeal. We should abolish the right for statutory undertakers to object to stopping up orders. CLG […]
Limits to growth: pre-commencement conditions
Housebuilders are up in arms about the use of conditions requiring approvals before work can start holding back delivery of […]