19 January 2012 | David Marsden
In the latest instalment of the Government’s ‘red-tape challenge’ (further details are here), developers have been asked to suggest which regulations in the housing and construction sector should...
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23 December 2011 | David Marsden
The Government has this week published a note containing further details of its new 'Build Now, Pay Later' scheme. Click here to read it.
The note provides an overview of what Build Now, Pay Later is,...
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22 December 2011 | David Marsden
New figures published by the House Builders Federation’s (HBF) reveal that there were only 32,928 approvals for new homes in Britain in the third quarter of 2011 - a 10 per cent fall on the same period...
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14 November 2011 | David Marsden
The Localism Bill is set to receive Royal Assent very shortly after the House of Commons accepted all the amendments made to it by the House of Lords.
The Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in...
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31 October 2011 | David Marsden
Sometimes the law is seen as confusing and uncertain, and sometimes what was an accepted interpretation is turned upside down by a court judgment. This month is no exception.
We have a further example...
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31 October 2011 | David Marsden
Earlier in the year, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) published a consultation paper on major changes to the rules that allow capital allowances claims for plant and machinery fixtures in buildings.
These...
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5 October 2011 | David Marsden
In the latest round of the long-running legal dispute between housebuilder Cala Homes (South) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (full details are here and here), Secretary of State...
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24 August 2011 | David Marsden
The Law Commission has announced that it will review the law on rights to light.
A ‘right to light’ is an easement that gives a landowner the right to receive natural light through defined apertures...
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22 August 2011 | David Marsden
In the recent case Greyfort Properties v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by a developer to use a planning permission granted 37 years...
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