10/23/2025 2:01:47 PM Homes for London: New measures to boost housebuilding in the capital announced By Hannah Langford The Mayor of London has issued a policy statement outlining a new package of support for housing across the Capital. The proposals...
10/22/2025 12:30:16 PM Appeal allowed in the long running CG Fry & Sons Limited case. What does it mean for stalled developments? By Hannah Langford Camilla Weston Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. Unlike Special Protection Areas and Special...
10/13/2025 12:54:15 PM Data Centres and the UK Planning System: A Sector in Flux By Dan Moan Caroline Mostowfi Hannah Langford Introduction Data centres have rapidly evolved from niche infrastructure to strategic assets at the heart of the UK’s digital economy. As...
8/28/2025 8:13:08 AM Epping Forest injunction case in the Court of Appeal today By Hannah Langford Will O'Brien It’s rare for planning cases, let alone enforcement proceedings, to make headline news however the application for permission to appeal...
8/21/2025 1:07:41 PM No one size fits all: grant of injunction to prevent planning breach By Will O'Brien Hannah Langford Camilla Weston The law provides that the Court must carefully undertake a balancing exercise on the facts when a local planning authority applies to...
7/31/2025 3:45:50 PM The recent case of Westminster City Council v Gems House Residences Chiltern Street Limited & Anor [2025] highlights the intentions behind Mortgagee Protection Clauses By Hayley Shepherd Saghar Roya Background In April 2013, Westminster City Council (WCC) granted a planning permission for a mixed-use development, which included a...
7/23/2025 2:19:09 PM CLC Issues New Guidance to Tackle Gateway 2 Delays By Mark London Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Following on swiftly from the recent Fast Track Process announcement, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has released a suite of...
7/10/2025 3:04:04 PM Recent Government announcements and consultations, including the launch of the rebranded £39 Billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme By Jonathan Corris Triya Maicha Jonathan Jarvis The UK Government has over the last couple of weeks made several significant announcements and published a number of consultations,...
7/2/2025 8:00:54 AM UK Government Launches Ambitious Ten-Year Infrastructure Strategy – perspectives for housing and other social infrastructure By Caroline Mostowfi Following the recent Spending Review and related announcements, the UK Government has now provided a landmark ten-year Infrastructure...
6/25/2025 12:43:01 PM The Expanding Reach of Environmental Criminal Law By Michael Lewis Prateek Sharma Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again. Environmental offences are no longer a side note in...
6/24/2025 4:17:51 PM A new National Housing Bank to catalyse funding for housebuilding By Gary Grigor Alice Overton Jonathan Corris Caroline Mostowfi +1 more... Show less The UK Government’s support for housing continued at the end of last week, with their announcement of the creation of the National...
6/11/2025 3:56:37 PM Spending Review marks a big renewal for housing in the UK By Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Ben Halsey The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, presented her 2025 Spending Review (SR25) to Parliament today and, on the face of things, it was very good...