Tag: developer

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04 September 2018

Affordable Housing Back to Basics: What do the new NPPF and Draft London Plan modifications mean for affordable housing?

This blog post explores how the meaning of affordable housing has evolved following the publication of the revised National Planning Policy Framework …

27 July 2018

Equitable easements – a trap for the unwary developer

When purchasing a development site, it is important to make sure that the site can be used for the purpose for which it is acquired. When it comes to …

24 May 2018

Are you GDPR ready?

It is unlikely to have gone unnoticed from the volume of emails asking individuals to "opt in" to future company mailing lists that tomorrow (Friday 25 …

13 April 2018

Court Interprets Obligation in a Standard Form Construction Contract to use all due diligence to obtain planning approvals

A commonly encountered provision in the standard form JCT Building Contract (2005 edition) was interpreted by the Court of Appeal to include an implied …

18 January 2018

LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS - BEWARE THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

Are you a landlord or developer of property which includes residential flats?  Are you going to dispose of your interest in that property?  If …

29 December 2017

Supreme Court ruling on negligent property valuations: Tiuta International v De Villiers Surveyors [2017] UKSC 77

The Supreme Court judgement in the case of Tiuta International v De Villiers Surveyors was handed down at the end of last month. The case involves …

24 October 2017

Communal living – flexible renting within a rigid planning system

Co-living is perhaps a concept traditionally associated with the shoestring lifestyle of students. But what about curated workspaces, well-equipped gyms …

15 August 2017

Increased scope of contractors' design liability

The Supreme Court in E.ON v MT Hojgaard has held that apparently inconsistent provisions in a design and build contract relating to standard of …

08 August 2017

Residential leasehold - time for change?

At the end of July, hard on the heels of the Housing White Paper published in February, DCLG issued a Consultation Paper on "Tackling unfair practices in …

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 …

18 July 2017

Revised Electronic Communications Code - Code Red for Landowners

A revised new Electronic Communications Code has been introduced as one element of the recent Digital Economy Act 2017 (see our TMT ebulletin of 22 May …

30 June 2017

Intellectual property issues for purchasers of development sites

Authors: Rachel Montagnon, Professional Support Consultant, Laura Deacon, Of Counsel, and Joanna Silver, Senior Associate, Intellectual Property, …