We cover all key aspects of the planning application process from the procedure, viability considerations, to decision-making and material considerations, to the duty to give reasons for planning decisions.
A series of Practice Notes and Checklists outlining the planning issues for a planning title in a property transaction. How information鈥檚 revealed, what to report on, and the significance of the findings for the buyer.
Compulsory purchase is governed by complex legislation, case law and guidance. We provide the legal requirements and good practice to help customers navigate the procedure, scope of CPOs and opportunities for challenge.
Planning requirements, procedures, policy, appeals and enforcement. We cover developments ranging from small-scale residential extensions to nationally significant infrastructure projects.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced a 拢68m funding commitment to unlock disused brownfield sites. This...
Friends of the Earth (FoE) has confirmed that West Cumbria Mining (WCM) missed the 4 October 2024 deadline to appeal the High Court鈥檚 recent ruling,...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has, on 10 October 2024, added two Approved Inspectors (AIs), Building Consents Ltd and Integral Building...
Planning analysis: This case concerned the lawful approach to environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and 鈥榮ubstitution鈥 arguments in the context of...
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has published its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government鈥檚 consultation...
Purchase noticesWhat is a purchase notice?The purchase notice procedure provides landowners with a means of having land acquired by a local planning...
S 17 certificates of appropriate alternative developmentIn order to assist the assessment of compensation in certain circumstances, section 17 of the...
Statutory blightWhat is statutory blight?Blight occurs when the value of a property is reduced because of proposed development or public works, which...
Climate change litigationOver the last decades, climate change has become an issue of ever-growing importance. With evolving scientific understanding...
Grounds of appeal鈥攊ntroducing new evidenceThe appeal court will only allow an appeal where the decision of the lower court was:鈥rong, or鈥njust...
Conservation covenant agreementThis is the first draft of a precedent conservation covenant agreement, to be made under section 117 of the Environment...
Contract for sale鈥攆reehold vacant possession conditional on planningdate [date]Parties1[name of Seller] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales...
Environmental Information Regulations 2004鈥攔equest for environmental information[Insert name of public authority][Insert public authority's address,...
Property development agreementDate [date]Parties1[name of Owner] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose...
Precedent s 106 agreementAGREEMENTrelating toSection 106 of the Town And Country Planning Act 1990 [and [insert other legislation]] in relation to the...
Planning conditions鈥攖he six testsPowers to impose planning conditionsThe general powers for local planning authorities (LPAs) to impose conditions on...
Local planning authority as applicant for planning permission to itselfLocal authorities are not immune from having to obtain planning permission to...
Section 215 notice requiring maintenance of landIntroductionThe purpose of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) is to...
Agricultural buildings and land: permitted development rightsPursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning...
Determining planning applications鈥攑rocedureLegislation and guidanceThe statutory requirements relating to the determination of planning applications...
Dangerous buildings and structuresPowers of the local authorityThe local authority has powers to deal with dangerous buildings under a number of...
Failure to comply with planning enforcement鈥攃riminal liability and direct actionUnder the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), a breach of...
Defining the planning unitWhy is it important to establish the planning unit?Pursuant to聽section 57聽of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA...
Implementing a CPO鈥攏otice to treat and General Vesting DeclarationContextThe confirmation of a compulsory purchase order (CPO) does not vest title in...
Permitted development in WalesPlanning permission is required for the development of land. 'Development', which is defined in the Town and Country...
The Crichel Down RulesThe Crichel Down Rules (the Rules) require that in certain circumstances, surplus government land that was acquired by, or under...
Local Development OrdersWhat is a Local Development Order (LDO)?An LDO is a local development order, made at local authority level by a local planning...
Offshore wind鈥攑ermits and permissionsLegislative and policy context for offshore wind development in the UKUnder EU Directive 2009/28/EC (the EU...
Appropriation of land for planning purposesLocal authorities who have acquired land for a statutory purpose must hold that land for that purpose. They...
Planning inquiriesThere is a right of appeal against most local planning authority (LPA) decisions on planning applications and related applications....
Public bodies, such as local planning authorities, have compulsory purchase powers to enable them to carry out their statutory functions. A compulsory purchase order (CPO) is an order made by a public body under statutory powers to enable them to acquire land to carry out statutory functions, such as to develop land or construct road schemes.
The profit of the scheme expressed as a percentage of cost.
Re-appraisals of a scheme, typically as part of the section 106 agreement, undertaken either prior to or post-implementation of a development in order to assess the viability.