Tag: affordable housing

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16 November 2017

Affordable housing viability calculations: Herbert Smith Freehills workshops on Mayor's new guidance

Herbert Smith Freehills are running workshops for property developers on housing and viability, with a focus on London and interpreting the Mayor's …

25 July 2017

What impact do overseas investors have on housing supply?

Planning Resource has published an on-line article by Matthew White, Head of Planning, London, discussing the conclusions of the May 2017 report by …

10 May 2017

An unusual consequence of the housing crisis – or, when is it against public policy to enforce a hospice's privacy?

Author: Jerome Temme, Trainee, Real Estate Dispute Resolution, London Take a hospice, a restrictive covenant preventing development next door which, at …

28 March 2017

Time to respond to the Housing White Paper

Author: Matthew White, Partner and Head of Planning, London There is just over one month left to submit responses to the Government's Housing …

16 December 2016

Comfort and joy

Author: Alex Rhodes, Senior Associate, Planning, London While this may feel like yet another winter with warmer than usual temperatures, the harsh …

24 May 2016

The return of "Vacant Building Credit"

Authors: Matthew White, Partner and Head of Planning, London and Lucy Morton, Professional Support Lawyer, Planning, London The world of planning has …

06 April 2016

Review of unviable affordable housing obligations to cease on 30 April 2016

Author: Matthew White, Partner and Head of Planning, London Developers with planning permission for residential development can currently apply to …

24 March 2016

Q1 Healthcheck / Q2 Predictions: Brexit, Mayor, PRS, Housing and Planning Bill, airport expansion

Author: Matthew White, Partner and Head of Planning, Real Estate, London In the week before Christmas, the daffodils were blooming, the birds were …

22 March 2016

Planning Update: office to residential conversion rights made permanent, Mayor's advice to local authorities on avoiding these rights, Mayor's viability disclosure requirements, and CIL and mezzanine floors

Authors: Matthew White, Partner and Head of Planning, and Lucy Morton, Professional Support Lawyer, Planning, London Today's post is a planning update, …

01 March 2016

How to solve a housing crisis: commercial viability, land value and affordable housing

Author: Martyn Jarvis, Associate, Planning, Real Estate, London The UK is facing a housing crisis, most pronounced in London, and this is set to be a …

25 January 2016

What to look forward to in 2016: Planning changes on the horizon

Herbert Smith Freehills' real estate development team are monitoring a number of areas of law likely to change during 2016.  Here is a summary …