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Compensation changes to compulsory purchase orders

31 October 2011 | Madeleine Wakeley

A group of compulsory purchase experts are campaigning for the government to change the way councils work how compensation is calculated when compulsory purchase orders (CPO) are exercised. The Compulsory...

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Breaking news: Cala loses appeal over scrapping of regional planning targets

27 May 2011 | David Marsden

The Court of Appeal has today (27 May) rejected the judicial review appeal by Cala Homes (South) Ltd over the Government’s decision to revoke the Regional Strategies. Cala had claimed that the Government’s...

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Cala Homes v The Government: The Court of Appeal hearing has begun…

6 May 2011 | David Marsden

Cala Homes (South) Ltd’s long-running legal battle with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has now reached the Court of Appeal. Cala Homes is challenging the Government’s...

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Government consults on converting empty commercial buildings into new homes

15 April 2011 | David Power | 1 comment

The Government has launched a consultation on ending the requirement to obtain planning permission for a change of use from a commercial property to a residential property. The consultation paper, Relaxation...

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The Consumer Code for Home Builders

13 April 2011 | Fiona Baker

There have been some interesting changes which affect the property sector in the past year, most particularly for buyers of newly constructed properties, and not merely those announced in the recent Budget. Buyers...

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Government to carry out environmental assessment of its decision to revoke the regional strategies

7 April 2011 | David Marsden

On 5 April, planning minister Bob Neill announced in a parliamentary ministerial statement that the Government will assess the environmental impact of revoking each regional strategy… possibly to avoid...

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Government selects areas that will trial new neighbourhood planning powers

7 April 2011 | David Marsden

The Government has announced the names of 17 areas that will trial its neighbourhood planning reforms. The reforms, which were unveiled in the Localism Bill (click here for more details), are designed...

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Cala Homes v The Government: The battle continues…

28 February 2011 | David Marsden

Housebuilder Cala Homes (South) Ltd has been granted permission to appeal its recent High Court defeat in its long-running legal battle against the Government's claim that its intention to abolish the...

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Housebuilder loses legal challenge over abolition of the Regional Strategies

8 February 2011 | David Marsden

Housebuilder Cala Homes (South) Ltd has lost its High Court challenge against the Government's claim that its intention to abolish the Regional Strategies should be considered by local planning authorities...

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Planning Inspectorate issues new Regional Strategies statement

10 December 2010 | David Marsden

Another week, another development in the ongoing Regional Strategies saga. In November, I wrote that, following a judicial review launched by Cala Homes (South) Ltd, the High Court had ruled that the...

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