Features

by John Gellatly and Stephen Mallen. This is the first of a series of articles by members of the Society of Property Researchers.

A reader asks: “What guidance can be given on the dating of older houses and cottages?”. Generally, knowledge of domestic architecture is limited.

by Gordon Edington. Le Corbusier, writing in the 1930s, took a typically robust attitude to the idea of placing works of art in buildings.

by Alex Stevens. In this article I examine the difficulty of assessing the rateable value for hereditaments within enterprise zones once their status is lost.

by Paul Boden. “Buildability” is a word often used by construction professionals and yet as a concept is not widely understood by those involved in the construction process.

by John Martin. The general rule that planning permissions do not subsist, unimplemented, forever is well known. They are subject to time-limits within which the permitted development must be commenced:…

by Catherine Usher and Michael Logan. Each of the member states of the EC has its own system and procedures for property transactions although some, of course, are similar.

What is the effect of the Financial Services Act 1986 on investment businesses?. The Financial Services Act 1986 is one of the more complex pieces of legislation of the 1980s.

by Charles Partridge. All hotel operators will be aware that the Government must call a General Election not later than June 1992.

David Ryland. The Securities and Investments Board issued regulations on July 15 enabling authorised unit trusts to invest directly in commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential land and buildings.

Environmental assessment is a phrase which has been increasingly heard in the development industry in the past three years, but remains one which is only partially understood by many people.

by Neil Favanger. With the construction industry reeling under its worst recession for 10 years, if not its worst ever, the key question which is being asked by all sectors…