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Government to scale down its zero-carbon homes target… or is it?

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...

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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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Rescission of Conditional Contract – McGahon v Crest Nicholson Regeneration Limited

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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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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Developers seek legal advice over ‘swap contracts’

21 July 2010 | David Power

Estates Gazette has reported that a number of small property developers, who are facing receivership, are contemplating taking legal action against their banks for allegedly being mis-sold interest rate...

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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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