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If you build it, they will consent. Or will they?

By Katie Scuoler
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Has the High Court ended the ‘Housing with Care’ Use Class debate?

By Rachael Herbert
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Planning for the New Normal – Conditions, CIL , Viability and Appeals

By Roy Pinnock
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Viability – Speed of Delivery Matters

By Roy Pinnock
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Viability Decisions – Care Needed on ‘Market Value’ Assumptions

By Roy Pinnock
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Timely delivery for regeneration projects

The Winchester Silver Hill scheme was based on a development agreement between Winchester City Council and a developer for a […]

By Roy Pinnock
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A better alternative?

The latest of our series focussing on the Housing and Planning Bill considers the controversial Government amendment to “test the […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Housing and Planning Bill – consents with benefits?

This third part of our Q&A on the Housing and Planning Bill 2015 considers how the Government’s proposed duty to […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Strange Tides – Courts And Tribunal Pull In Different Directions

Viability debates continue to shape planning. The frontline is shifting, from debates about key principles, towards the wider issue of transparency […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Affordable housing contribution reduced on appeal

We have previously reported on successful appeals by developers to reduce affordable housing contributions under the Section 106BC appeal mechanism.  […]

By Katie Scuoler
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Viability still under the spotlight

The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 amended the Section 106 regime to allow developers to challenge affordable housing obligations on […]

By Roy Pinnock
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Back to basics: a reminder on viability appeals

We have previously noted the outcome of the viability appeals beginning to trickle through under the new Section 106BA/BC provisions […]

By Roy Pinnock

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