Brexit: A week later

What are the likely effects of the Referendum decision on planning? The real answer is that nobody knows but here […]

By Roy Pinnock

Planning permitted development rights – further relaxation

6th April 2016 saw the arrival of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) England (Amendment) Order 2016. This […]

By Roy Pinnock

Latest polls suggest Sadiq Khan is likely to be London’s next Mayor, but it will all come down to voter […]

By Rachael Herbert

The Court of Appeal has granted permission for the first Neighbourhood Plan case to be heard by it on appeal. […]

By Lucy McDonnell

A spate of major floods across the UK, warnings that global warming will lead to more frequent heavy rainfall events […]

By Roy Pinnock

In this blog, part of our series on the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes (the Consultation), […]

By Rachael Herbert

The Starter Homes initiative now faces an uphill struggle onto the statute books following setbacks in the House of Lords. […]

By Roy Pinnock

The Housing and Planning Bill seeks to further the Government’s localism agenda, by speeding up the neighbourhood planning process. The […]

By Lucy McDonnell

In the first part of our Q&A on the Housing & Planning Bill as it passes through the Parliamentary process, […]

By Roy Pinnock

We noted in January that planning appeals would be important for shale gas exploration this year. Cuadrilla submitted its appeals […]

By Roy Pinnock

The recent decision in Villages Action Group v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government highlights the need to […]

By Lucy McDonnell

Planning should be about creative judgment and common sense. A recent High Court case (R (Obar Camden Ltd) v London […]

By Roy Pinnock