Real Estate Development Notes
Tag: planning permission
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Silence is Consent: Developers must pay attention to draft pre-commencement conditions
Developers beware – if you don't agree with a pre-commencement condition in draft, you could have to express your disagreement in writing within 10 …
Reasons to be cheerful
It is good practice for a local planning authority to give reasons for the grant of planning permission. Failure to give adequate reasons may be serious …
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, …
Grants of planning permission against officer recommendation – managing the legal risk
Author: Annika Holden, Associate (Australia), Planning, London The Court of Appeal has recently upheld challenges in two cases where planning permission …
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 …
Sky's the limit?
Author: Helena Thompson, Associate, Planning and Environment, London Almost a month on, we have now all had a chance to consider what the Housing …
Permission in Principle and Environmental Impacts (2016 Planning Consultation)
Author: Martyn Jarvis, Associate, Planning, London This Friday (15 April) is the deadline for responses to the Government's 'Technical Consultation on …
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 …
Demolition in Conservation Areas - no permitted development rights
Since 1 October 2013 Conservation Area Consent has not been necessary for demolition of an unlisted building or enclosure in a …
Housing and Planning Bill announced
Yesterday (13 October 2015) the Housing and Planning Bill was published, proposing new planning legislation including requirements for starter homes in …
Section 106 monitoring payments not compliant with CIL regulations
A High Court Judge has ruled that the monitoring fees routinely added by local planning authorities to section 106 costs will not generally meet the test …