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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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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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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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New coalition government: implications for the property industry

7 June 2010 | Richard John

The new coalition Government published a ‘coalition agreement’ on 20 May, which sets out what has been agreed so far between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The following policy agreements...
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Housing: where do the main political parties stand?

26 April 2010 | Karin Holt

With the general election only a matter of days away, this briefing looks at what the three main political parties have proposed for the housing sector in their recent policy statements and election manifestos....
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Building without planning consent

12 February 2010 | Karin Holt

The media has recently reported on three cases regarding building on property without planning consent. Sir Cliff Richard and his conservatory Runnymede Council ordered Sir Cliff Richard to demolish...
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Lundy Island designated as UK’s first Marine Conservation Zone

27 January 2010 | Fiona Neilson

On 12 January 2010, Lundy Island was designated as the UK’s first Marine Conservation Zone, following the implementation of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Marine Conservation Zones are...
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