Hot on the heels of the NPPF consultation MHCLG has published a working paper on the introduction of ‘brownfield passports’ to encourage development of brownfield urban land in a way that goes beyond the policy support in the...more
Reducing the embodied carbon in the built environment has an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change. However, there is no national planning policy that incorporates such considerations in the planning...more
The news this week that Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG) has pulled its proposals for a spherical entertainment venue with external, wrap-around LED-illuminated advertisements in Stratford, is a reminder of the role...more
One of the final amendments to the new Levelling up and Regeneration Act (“LURA”) before it gained royal assent on 26 October 2023, was to require the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to consider...more
The refusal of M&S's plans to demolish and rebuild their flagship store on Oxford Street by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Michael Gove) has attracted much attention because of the wider...more
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In the second Insight in our series on the planning changes in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (the first was on the proposed changes to local plans), we examine the proposed new Infrastructure Levy that will...more
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill introduces some fundamental changes to the English planning system particularly for local plans. In the first of three Insights on the planning changes in this Bill, we examine the...more
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill (“the Bill”), first announced in the Queen’s Speech in May to introduce reforms to judicial review, had its first reading just before Parliament’s summer recess. It follows the Government...more
The Government has published its response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL) that was launched in July 2020, which examined whether there is a need for reform of judicial review. No radical changes to the...more
The new London Plan 2021 was adopted on 2 March, four years after its first inception. During the plan making process it came under much central government scrutiny and criticism....more
On Tuesday 17th November the High Court dismissed legal challenges to the Government’s most recent amendments to the Use Classes Order and General Permitted Development Order. ...more
Planning reform is once again back in the spotlight and is expected to play a central role in the UK’s economic recovery from the Covid crisis. Although we do not know the nature of the reforms at this stage, there is much...more
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Finney v Welsh Ministers [2019] (All ER (D) 51 (Nov)) provides definitive authority on the inability to use section 73 to amend the description of a development on a planning...more