Budget 2021 – from a housing and development perspective By Christopher Stanwell In what has to be one of the most challenging of peace-time budgets the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has identified what are perhaps best described as investment opportunities for the property and development sector as part of the economic road to…
The Environment Bill and Biodiversity Gain By Jennifer Glasgow The Environment Bill (E.B.) has seen a long drawn out journey through Parliament so far. The latest mood music is that it will receive Royal Assent in Autumn 2021. Whilst the formal regime will not go live until 2023 it is important to note that…
10 Questions on Planning Reform By Dominic Fagan On 3 November 2020, Dominic Fagan of the YEP London Committee was joined by a panel of planning experts to discuss the proposals for reform.
Comment: On Government plans to regenerate England’s cities By Christopher Stanwell The Government has announced a change in the methodology for calculating the number of new homes needed in England and their location. The housing needs assessment will now form part of the Government’s “levelling-up” agenda by prioritising 330,000…
Webinar: Using Compulsory Purchasing Powers and the Planning System To Deliver Regeneration and Income By Christopher Stanwell Local Authorities are making greater use of CPO powers to deliver services, facilitate regeneration projects, control land and secure income streams. The Government is actively encouraging the use of these powers and has introduced reforms to speed…
Real Estate Tip of the Week: A short reminder about Section 73 Permissions By Andrew Morgan In the recent case of Norfolk Homes V North Norfolk DC [2020] the High Court sent a clear reminder to developers and planning professionals that Section 106 obligations attached to an earlier planning permission will not automatically bind a…
Housebuilder Top Tip: How to keep options, pre-emption and conditional agreements confidential in the new age? By Aleem Khan The Government has proposed prohibiting the existing ability to protect interests in land (such as rights of pre-emption, options and conditional contracts) at the Land Registry without the requirement to provide a copy of the relevant contract or…
Challenge to New Permitted Development Rights Brought Before Courts By Christopher Stanwell We recently reported on the Government’s changes to Permitted Development in England introduced on 31 August 2020 for upward extensions and demolition and rebuilding of vacant residential and commercial buildings as well as a new town centre use…
Real Estate Tip of the Week - New Use Class E: The Change and the Challenge From 1 September 2020 a new Use Class E (introduced via the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020 No. 757 ) replaced the following use classes: Class A1 - shops, Class A2 - financial and professional…
A short reminder about Section 73 Permissions By Andrew Morgan Norfolk Homes V North Norfolk DC [2020] EWHC 2265 In this recent High Court decision Holgate J sends a clear reminder to developers and planning professionals that Section 106 obligations attached to an earlier permission will not automatically…