The risk of flooding
A spate of major floods across the UK, warnings that global warming will lead to more frequent heavy rainfall events […]
A spate of major floods across the UK, warnings that global warming will lead to more frequent heavy rainfall events […]
We have commented on the initial impact of the changes to the Section 106 regime made by the Growth and Infrastructure […]
The Housing and Planning Bill (Clause 140) proposes to make public, through committee reports, the financial benefits of certain development […]
Part 1 of our CIL Review blog highlighted the Government’s appetite for retaining and reinforcing the Community Infrastructure Levy. Our […]
The Housing & Planning Bill 2015 now takes forward some of the elements of the Treasury’s 2014 Autumn Statement to […]
The introduction of new policy on section 106 tariffs and affordable housing has generated significant interest and concern. The policy […]
We have previously reported on successful appeals by developers to reduce affordable housing contributions under the Section 106BC appeal mechanism. […]
In November the Government announced changes to planning policy in relation to the size of schemes that should provide affordable […]
The Government has made further changes to the approach to planning obligations in the Planning Practice Guidance on Section 106 […]
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is still in its early infancy. 45 authorities are charging, 19 authorities are in the twilight […]
DECC have just published “Guidance of Community Benefits from Onshore Wind Developments“. The paper provides some great examples of the […]
The High Court’s decision in Westminster City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2013] […]