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A boost for housebuilders in London?
The Government and Mayor of London have announced measures to support housebuilding in the Capital. ...
Implementing Planning Permissions
Introduction In a highly competitive land market, securing sites with planning permission is a cruci...
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: What It Means for Local Planning
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: What It Means for Local Planning The Planning and Infrastructu...
Is 2025 the blockbuster year for planning?
As the dust still settles on 2024 and the realities of the new NPPF very much hit, we look at what...
Planning Application Fees to Rise
On 13th January 2025, a draft statutory instrument was laid before Parliament which, if approved, wi...
Planning Obligations – Time and Money
Planning Obligations – Time and Money The topic of planning obligations and Section 106 (s106) agr...
Revised NPPF July 2024
The proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) announced by Angela Rayner inc...
Labour and Conservatives on Planning
We are in the middle of the campaign and both of the main parties, Conservatives and Labour, have pu...
Class Q and Class R – Changes to Permitted Development Rights
Significant changes were published last week to Class Q and Class R of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Gen...
The Exemptions to Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain
Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (“BNG”) came into effect on 12th February, for major development...