We have written before (here) about the need for councils to publish section 106 agreements on their websites before issuing a planning...

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...

We previously wrote about an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Bill) in the House of Lords.  The amendment was proposed...

The government's much anticipated Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Bill) has made its way to the House of Lords and is currently at the...

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)...

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...

  I don't know if the weather was behind it, continuing geopolitical turbulence or other factors but MIPIM 2025 seemed a bit more focused...

The Planning Reform Working Paper (the "Paper"), published in early December 2024, explores reforms to planning committees with a...

Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (S73) is titled "Determination of applications to develop land without compliance...

A recent question put to the Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government ("MHCLG") has shed light on the practicalities of...

On 7 October 2024 the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI/2024/1018) (the...

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...