Steps to listing an asset of community value
Increasing numbers of sites are being registered by community groups as Assets of Community Value or ACVs. These range from […]
Planning Permission
Success for Sainsbury’s at city centre store
The High Court has upheld the decision of the Secretary of State to grant planning permission for a foodstore in […]
Success for Dentons at Rushden Lakes
The Secretary of State has granted permission for the £50million, 465,000 sq ft retail and leisure redevelopment of Rushden Lakes […]
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 […]
Market restrictions
Foreign investment is being blamed for contributing towards a “housing bubble” in London. I was asked, while speaking at a […]
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 […]
Ministry of relief
Lawyers generally hate unique solutions. No-one wants to be at the bleeding edge. But there are some planning issues that […]
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 […]