The Infrastructure Bill
The Infrastructure Bill was introduced into Parliament on 6 June 2014. The Bill proposes minor changes to the Nationally Significant […]
Development
Planning Court victory for Sainsbury’s
We successfully acted for Sainsbury’s in defending a judicial review seeking to challenge planning permission for the supermarket’s new store in […]
Reducing contributions
Another developer has successfully appealed under Section 106BC of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to reduce its affordable […]
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 […]
Demolition job
The Government has published a new Demolition Direction, which confirms that permission is only required for demolition of buildings larger […]
Money Back Guarantee for Planning?
The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 introduced several measures to speed up the planning process. We have recently reviewed a […]
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 […]
Market restrictions
Foreign investment is being blamed for contributing towards a “housing bubble” in London. I was asked, while speaking at a […]
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 […]