On 15 December 2024 the government launched a working policy paper titled "Development and Nature Recovery". It invites views on how the...
In the world of planning, December saw a plethora of new publications, one of which was the highly anticipated, updated National Planning...
The requirement for most developments to provide a minimum of 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is due to come into force in January 2024. ...
The radical and in parts, controversial Levelling up Bill finally received royal assent on Friday 26 October 2023 and is now known as the...
Building Blocks: The Responsible Actors Scheme In July 2023, regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme (the "RAS") under...
What is the Issue? The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is currently having its second reading in the House of Lords. The fortunes of...
Local authorities across the country have been applying for ex parte (without notice) injunction orders to prevent the use of hotels by...
The Guardian reported (on 10 October 2022) that the new environment secretary, Ranil Jayawardena, has asked government officials to...
The Build Better Now webinar on 'The Retrofit Opportunity' as part of COP26 has shed light on the need for retrofit on a national scale....
DB Symmetry Limited v Swindon Borough Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1331 The Court of Appeal has recently allowed an appeal by a Developer...
On 17 November 2020, the High Court dismissed the judicial review claim against the Government regarding the introduction of permitted...
On 7 October Howard Kennedy held an Economic Breakfast Briefing on the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England)...