Legislative provisions requiring the preparation of local development frameworks comprising local development documents, which replace the existing development plan system, are have now been in force for many months.
Section 247 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 enables the Secretary of State or London borough councils to authorise the stopping-up or diversion of a highway to enable…
Where an appeal is made to the secretary of state against a refusal or conditional grant of planning permission, the appellant can demand a public inquiry even though the local…
The Countryside Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW) states that from 1 January 2026 all public rights of way which were created prior to 1949 and are not shown on…
Legislation requires that every application for planning permission receives adequate publicity in addition to formal notice of it being served on all affected landowners.
The significance of Riverside Property Investments Ltd v Blackhawk Automotive [2004] EWHC 3052 (TCC); [2005] 1 EGLR 114 is not that it made new law, but that it demonstrates the…
When a local planning authority uses their powers of compulsory purchase to assemble sites for the purposes of regeneration, it is usual for the developer to indemnify the authority in…
Was the landlord acting reasonably? In the context of alienation covenants this question has occupied a vast amount of judicial time in recent years and produced some high profile decisions…