Transport and Works Act Order upheld in heritage case

In Whitby v Secretary for Transport & Ors [2016] EWCA Civ 444 the Court of Appeal has given its reasons […]

By Roy Pinnock

High Court allows relaxed view of needs on appeal

The High Court has adopted a flexible approach to dealing with ‘objectively assessed needs’ (OAN) on a planning appeal in […]

By Roy Pinnock

Neighbourhood Planning remains a political priority and is one of the areas for which Planning Policy Guidance has recently been […]

By Lucy McDonnell

The judgment in the battle of wills over the Government’s small sites affordable housing and Vacant Building Credit policies has […]

By Roy Pinnock

What are the likely effects of the Referendum decision on planning? The real answer is that nobody knows but here […]

By Roy Pinnock

6th April 2016 saw the arrival of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) England (Amendment) Order 2016. This […]

By Roy Pinnock

Latest polls suggest Sadiq Khan is likely to be London’s next Mayor, but it will all come down to voter […]

By Rachael Herbert

The Court of Appeal has granted permission for the first Neighbourhood Plan case to be heard by it on appeal. […]

By Lucy McDonnell

A spate of major floods across the UK, warnings that global warming will lead to more frequent heavy rainfall events […]

By Roy Pinnock

In this blog, part of our series on the Government’s technical consultation on implementation of the planning changes (the Consultation), […]

By Rachael Herbert

The Starter Homes initiative now faces an uphill struggle onto the statute books following setbacks in the House of Lords. […]

By Roy Pinnock

The Housing and Planning Bill seeks to further the Government’s localism agenda, by speeding up the neighbourhood planning process. The […]

By Lucy McDonnell