10/16/2025 3:05:39 PM The importance of making background papers available By Bob Sadler We have written before (here) about the need for councils to publish section 106 agreements on their websites before issuing a planning...
10/9/2025 10:34:55 AM Sewage pollution and Grampian conditions By Danielle Coglin Sewage pollution and water quality have increasingly been in the news over the last few years. At first glance this is a dry subject, but...
9/15/2025 2:26:31 PM Hillside amendment withdrawn By Bob Sadler We previously wrote about an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Bill) in the House of Lords. The amendment was proposed...
7/23/2025 4:11:43 PM Hillside amendment proposed By Bob Sadler The government's much anticipated Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Bill) has made its way to the House of Lords and is currently at the...
5/15/2025 4:27:53 PM The ability to view a S106 agreement By Bob Sadler The recent court of appeal decision in R. (on the application of Greenfields (IOW) Ltd) v Isle of Wight Council [2025] EWCA Civ 488 (IOW)...
3/18/2025 2:33:50 PM Policy and Guidance – what's the difference? By Bob Sadler It used to be that policy trumped guidance but it is not so certain any more. The government's planning policy is set out in the National...
3/17/2025 4:31:10 PM Weather can't dampen cautious optimism for UK real estate at MIPIM 2025 By Jason Tann I don't know if the weather was behind it, continuing geopolitical turbulence or other factors but MIPIM 2025 seemed a bit more focused...
3/11/2025 12:34:54 PM Reforming Planning Committees: A New Era of Delegation By Sophie Barber The Planning Reform Working Paper (the "Paper"), published in early December 2024, explores reforms to planning committees with a...
1/20/2025 5:37:41 PM The curious case of section 73 permissions By Bob Sadler Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (S73) is titled "Determination of applications to develop land without compliance...
11/19/2024 3:07:13 PM The HRB Regime: Industry Impact By Lucy Moon A recent question put to the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government ("MHCLG") has shed light on the practicalities of...
11/5/2024 12:06:08 PM An LFRA Update: New Regulations introduce further amendments to the BSA By Lucy Moon On 7 October 2024 the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI/2024/1018) (the...
4/17/2024 9:44:42 AM The 'four-year rule' is now the 'ten-year rule' By Danielle Coglin The current 4-year planning enforcement rule is changing to 10 years from the 25 April 2024 pursuant to s115 of the Levelling Up and...