Real Estate Development Notes

Agreements with Registered Providers: 5 Top Tips

Changes confirmed to permitted development rights and use classes

Real Estate EP5: The future of planning - Matthew White and Ghislaine Halpenny in conversation

Back to Basics: Housing Need and Delivery

  From 25 January 2019 (although see here for our commentary on the ambiguity surrounding the actual date), local planning authorities must …

Deadline for examination of plans under the old NPPF - 24 or 25 January 2019?

This Thursday is 24 January 2019, a hotly anticipated date in the planning world because this is the date referred to in the revised National Planning …

Proposed changes to permitted development rights and use classes – impact on developers and landlords

Two key themes of the Budget on 29 October 2018 were increasing the supply of housing and improving the health of high streets and town centres. …

Affordability, viability and clarity – the impact of valuation on supply of affordable housing

Viability is at the heart of the extent to which private developers can be expected to bridge the gap between demand for and supply of affordable …

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 …

Revised National Planning Policy Framework—will it fix the housing market?

This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Planning on 9 August 2018. Will the government’s new planning rulebook deliver on its promises? Robert …

Impact of revised National Planning Policy Framework

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on 24 July 2018. This post considers what difference it will make – in terms of the …

EGi: What's so unlawful about London's affordable housing policy?

The High Court has declared a key policy in the mayor of London’s planning guidance on affordable housing ‘unlawful’ – but what does that mean in …

Observations from MIPIM: The Public Dented Sector

Now that the annual decant to Cannes has drawn to a close, I am left wondering how to judge the mood of this year's MIPIM – the world’s biggest property …