11/27/2020 12:11:18 PM Cautionary tale - The Use of Planning Conditions vs Planning Obligations By Howard Kennedy DB Symmetry Limited v Swindon Borough Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1331 The Court of Appeal has recently allowed an appeal by a Developer...
7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM What's next for Planning? By Jade Chalmers The Prime Minister has promised radical reform of the planning system to assist in upgrading the UK's infrastructure and to help...
6/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Government to Grant a Lifeline to Developers By Howard Kennedy The Government has announced plans to grant an automatic extension until 1 April 2021 for any planning permission which is due to expire,...
5/15/2020 12:00:00 AM Greater flexibility for CIL By Jade Chalmers The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010, as amended ("CIL") are notoriously inflexible and strictly applied which often has...
5/11/2020 12:00:00 AM Planning response to the lockdown. By Jade Chalmers The planning system has adopted a pragmatic and forward-thinking approach to the limitations caused by the lockdown. Regulations were...
7/18/2019 9:06:05 AM Are "Green Loans" the future of development funding? By Howard Kennedy Today , I read a really interesting article on Bisnow about the increase in "green loans", which offer a discount on funding costs if the...