Comments
-
New building safety regime moves a step closer
COMMENT: The Building Safety Bill has been published. Will its scope be sufficient?
-
We need to talk about the green belt
Are we subject now to a planning system version of the cancel culture?
-
Right to buy: who pays for inherent defects?
COMMENT Right-to-buy tenants are to an extent insulated from cost of rectifying structural defects
-
Reimagining our high streets post-pandemic
COMMENT: SME developers can drive the rejuvenation of our communities with “home streets”
-
What does the future hold for Scotland’s town centres?
COMMENT Local authorities and streamlined planning processes are key to vibrant high streets
-
Electronic Communications Code: less haste, more speed
The latest Code case suggests operators would be best advised not to rush to the tribunal.
-
Furlough payments: shifting goalposts
COMMENT: Should highly profitable property firms pay back state aid?
-
Opportunities will flow from the new GPDO, but they may come at a price
COMMENT The changes to permitted development rights remain controversial, says Simon Ricketts
-
Squaring the Countryside Code with the Sustainable Farming Incentive
The code encourages visitors to the countryside, but the incentive is oddly silent on public access
-
Under new management: what should happen to service charge arrears?
COMMENT The Court of Appeal has brought welcome simplicity to an unnecessarily complex procedure
-
Lifting the moratorium: no one size fits all
COMMENT All interests should be listened to when charting a roadmap out of the forfeiture moratorium
-
Hard reset for the Telecoms Code?
COMMENT Landowners will be disappointed by the government’s proposals for reform of the Code