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Housebuilder launches legal challenge to Government’s abolition of the Regional Strategies

10 August 2010 | David Marsden

Last month, I wrote that the abolition of the Regional Strategies in May and the general uncertainty over the Government’s planning policy had left housebuilders ‘in limbo’, with a number of development...

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Government sets out its approach to zero-carbon homes

9 August 2010 | Richard John

The Housing Minister Grant Shapps has outlined new steps to give local councils and developers more flexibility to ensure that all new homes are zero-carbon from 2016 and that the costs of new build "do...

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Villagers could be given new powers over local house building

9 August 2010 | Richard John

The Government has outlined plans to give local rural communities the power to build homes, or set aside plots for people to build their own homes, without seeking council planning permission. The...

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New EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010 published

21 July 2010 | Tim Brittain

The European Commission has published an updated version of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The new EPBD 2010 repeals and replaces the EPBD 2002 from 1 February 2012 and must be...

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Penfold Review recommends reducing developer consents

16 July 2010 | David Marsden

In an attempt to reduce the obstacles and delays that can hinder development projects, the Government set up the Penfold Review in December 2009 to look at streamlining the processes by which developers...

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Developers ‘in limbo’ following change in planning

16 July 2010 | David Marsden

I recently wrote about the Government’s decision this month to officially scrap Regional Strategies and their centrally-imposed home building targets – and the problems that this change would initially...

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Regional house-building targets have been scrapped

8 July 2010 | David Marsden

The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has scrapped Regional Strategies and their centrally-imposed building targets – fulfilling a commitment which the Government made in its Coalition Agreement on...

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Government announces crackdown on ‘garden-grabbing’

10 June 2010 | David Marsden

The Government has given local councils in England more powers to stop developers building homes on gardens (otherwise known as ‘garden-grabbing’). In its coalition agreement, published on 20 May,...

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Budget – stamp duty for first time puchasers FAQs

26 March 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 3 comments

The Revenue have published a Q&A session which, hopefully, will answer some of your questions. In addition to the Revenue’s answers I’ve added my thoughts. We’ve had a great discussion on...

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Budget 2010 – Stamp Duty changes

24 March 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 16 comments

Whilst I am slightly loathe to post a pre-budget rumour this one is sufficiently headline grabbing to warrant some attention. The BBC have reported that Chancellor Alistair Darling is to announce in...

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