News / 15.03.2019 Adverse Possession: Paving a Path to Successful Claims The Court of Appeal has determined that a paved area could prove adverse possession. Background In 1984, Mrs Thorpe acquired a semi-detached bungalow in Harcourt Close, Bishopsthorpe, York. Mrs T... Read More

News / 09.05.2017 The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 The Bill received Royal Assent on the 27 April. However many of its provisions (including the provisions reported on below) are not in force and it is unlikely the provisions will come into force prio... Read More

News / 09.05.2017 Permissions in Principle The Government has finally made the following secondary legislation giving effect to provisions in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 allowing permissions in principle to be granted ahead of any planni... Read More

News / 10.03.2017 Permissions in Principle, s106 dispute resolution and CIL The Act allows permission in principle to be granted for housing led development by development order in relation to land that is allocated for development in a qualifying document or by a local autho... Read More

News / 10.03.2017 An out-of-date Local Plan isn’t Carte Blanche for Development In Gladman Developments Limited v Daventry District Council [2016] EWCA Civ 1146 (“Daventry”) the Court of Appeal stressed the central theme of the NPPF to (re)emphasise the importance of... Read More

News / 10.03.2017 The Housing and Planning Act 2016 Starter Homes and Proposed amendments to the NPPF in the Housing White Paper   Readers will recall that the Government introduced provisions in the Act to promote the building of “starter... Read More