Regulations & Planning

Green belt policy was written into law after the introduction of the New Towns Acts of 1946 and 1981, which helped reduce the population of ...
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South Hams District Council has come under fire from a parish council and residents of seaside village for its planning policies, as Hope Cove gets ...
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Property developers in England are now able to convert a range of high street business properties into flats without the need for planning permission. The ...
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The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has been updated and makes changes to advice on building within rural areas. The document previously required a home ...
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The Department of Education's (DoE) new fire safety proposals for school buildings still allow for combustible cladding to be installed on buildings less than 18 ...
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In a retort to local authorities, who have accused house builders of 'land banking' in order to suppress supply and drive demand, the Home Builders ...
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The government's plans to reform planning should be used as an opportunity to improve communities and ensure any changes are good for 'growth, heritage and ...
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On 1st May 2021, the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuel Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force as part of the government’s Clean Air Strategy ...
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The government is devising a ‘fairer formula’ to its target of house building in England. The plans should result in more new homes being built ...
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The housing minister, Luke Hall, has caused frustration amongst MPs, after saying that Covid 19 was to blame for the government's three year failure to ...
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In a surprising announcement that included restrictions on the ability of local councils to prevent unwanted or unsightly development, the government has made changes to ...
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The government announced an overhaul of the planning system, in an effort to build homes more quickly and encourage building on brownfield sites. Under new ...
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The housing minister, Robert Jenrick, has announced a series of new UK housing bills that will soon be introduced to the Commons. Building Safety Bill ...
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A national report for the Place Alliance and countryside charity, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), has been published by UCL, in response to ...
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Don't buy a house in a flood plain - or you may find many of your dreams washed away! The definition of a high risk ...
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Declining unemployment, better skills and the establishment of new businesses have been the main driving factors behind improvements to living standards in the UK's cities ...
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It has emerged that one of the most significant impacts on property prices is the ability to get to work easily. The University of Leeds ...
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Tiny homes are starting to spring up across the UK as developers exploit a change in planning rules where offices can now be converted into ...
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A Welsh village that is home to 850 people could soon need to be entirely relocated due to the threat of climate change, although refugee ...
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The temporary rules introduced in 2014 that allowed homeowners in England to carry out certain extensions to their properties without planning permission have been made ...
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Wrexham Council has rejected a planned development that promised to deliver badly needed affordable housing to the town. Councillors accused the developer, Mandale Group, of ...
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The term 'affordable housing' describes lower rent property that is available to eligible households that are unable to afford the full market value. The term ...
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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is celebrating a landmark victory for postal workers across the UK after the government agreed to alter building regulations on ...
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In 2012, we reported on the government's proposal to increase the level of construction of large scale infrastructure (speeding up the planning and other processes ...
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A new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has delivered a dismal picture of local authority planning departments which are struggling under current house ...
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Charles Dance is fighting to save his local pub in Kentish Town, north London, from being turned into a branch of the supermarket chain, Nisa ...
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A £1.2 million Florida-style mansion in rural Northam in North Devon, with beautiful views over the River Torridge, was originally granted planning permission as an ...
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The 5th April 2018 marked a landmark occasion for HM Land Registry - on this day the first digitally signed mortgage deed was used to ...
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Two retrospective planning applications for a house in Lightwood, Staffordshire, have been rejected by Stoke-on-Trent Council, after the property was found to have been built ...
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Thornton Holdings Ltd, owner of the 120-acre estate 19th century listed Thornton Manor, near the pretty village of Thornton Hough on the Wirral,  was granted ...
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Late in 2017, the Chancellor’s decision to let first time buyers be exempt from stamp duty was welcomed by many.  Reducing the tax burden on ...
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Small businesses across the land will be celebrating as the Chancellor confirmed the abolition of the Staircase Tax. In August 2017, business owners were shocked ...
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In Woolway v Mazars the Supreme Court concluded that a 'hereditament' is “a self-contained piece of property, namely all parts of which are physically accessible ...
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Parliament has approved the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2017, which amends the permitted development rights that allowed the ...
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It not normally necessary to apply for planning permission to convert a loft space into living accommodation, unless the roof space is extended, altered, or ...
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