3 September 2010 | Richard John
There has been conflicting reports in the press over the Government’s ‘zero-carbon’ target for new homes.
Last month, I summarised the Government’s approach for ensuring that all new homes are...
Tags on this discussion: carbon emissions Environment Residential Developer residential property zero-carbon homes
11 August 2010 | Shimon Shaw
There has been a big public awareness campaign today warning businesses about the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which comes into effect next month. This is a scheme aimed at (you guessed it) reducing...
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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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10 August 2010 | Stephen Carew
Facts
A buyer was contracted to purchase an underlease of a flat off-plan from a developer. The contract was conditional upon the grant to the developer of a headlease by the longstop date of 1 June...
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10 August 2010 | Stephen Carew
The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (“LRA”) allows tenants of certain long leases of houses the right to acquire the freehold or be granted a lease extension. The LRA defines a house as “any building designed...
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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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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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2 August 2010 | Laura Seaman
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a report recommending far-reaching reforms of the corporate insolvency regulatory regime.
In the report, the OFT said that landlords, as unsecured creditors,...
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23 July 2010 | Richard John
The Government is considering introducing new stamp duty penalties to force property owners to make their homes more energy efficient.
Under the proposals, a person purchasing a house in the lowest...
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23 July 2010 | Joe Kwok
On 17 December 2009, a consultation was launched by a Working Party of various real estate industry bodies to explore whether a cross-industry consensus could be achieved on the apportionment of costs...
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