Practice point
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PP 2003/31
Q In applying PPG 3, how do you reconcile para 32, which creates a presumption in favour of brownfield land, with para 34, which requires local authorities to identify sufficient…
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PP 2002/200
Storm clouds gather over the new right of inspection. Under the current (unreformed) land registration system, the public right to inspect registry entries does not extend to mortgages and leases.
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PP 2003/30
Q Where an environmental impact assessment (EIA) is otherwise required because a proposed site is heavily contaminated, can the developer sidestep this requirement by submitting with its planning application detailed…
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PP 2003/32
Long-term option – a trap for the draftsman. Like algebra, the rule against perpetuities is something you struggle through in class in the expectation that you will never ever meet…
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PP 2003/17
Threat of continuing subsidence: Admission of hindsight evidence. For modelling purposes, imagine that eight months ago you paid £5,000 for a horse on the strength of a favourable expert veterinary…
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PP 2003/10
A written refusal stops the clock. Q T, wishing to assign, seeks L’s consent in circumstances to which the section 1 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 applies: see,…
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PP 2002/222
You can be in control without being in occupation. Managing agents and others who undertake to look after property on a long-term basis should take a hard look at LE…
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PP 2002/214
The mistake may not be so bad after all. There was a time when a party to a lease could cheerfully disregard a notice from the other side after spotting…
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PP 2003/33
Rent-factoring scheme – whether lump sum received as income or capital. Q An owner of an investment property, who wishes to raise money without selling or mortgaging the property itself,…
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PP 2003/29
“Existing centre” includes “neighbourhood or local centres” . Like a chocolate box, if you will excuse the packaging, a major conurbation can offer an intriguing assortment of centres; which is…
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PP 2003/25
Who did you get your instructions from?. Catching up on paperwork may not be your top priority, but a recent case serves as a warning to estate agents who are…