All Planning articles
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Profile
Lawyer in the news: Roy Pinnock, Dentons
Partner in the planning and public law team, London.
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Feature
Clean up your own backyard
Planning reform is high on the agenda of both main parties, reports Maria Shahid. But endless rounds of consultation, and pledges that are long on aspiration but short on delivery give cause for scepticism.
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Opinion
Just start nuclear
There is only one solution to energy security and net zero. But nuclear policy is still a mess.
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News
Greggs challenges ban on 5am chicken goujons
Magistrates' court hears appeal against refusal to grant licence for 24-hour Leicester Square store.
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News
Guideline rates 'not particularly useful' for £500k costs assessment
Judge says top London rates not reserved exclusively for 'heavy commercial' work.
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Feature
Centre stage
Lawmakers play political football with planning law. There is a danger that the results in our town and city centres will increasingly reflect this brinkmanship, writes Maria Shahid.
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News
Scottish firm fails to avoid English negligence claim in jurisdiction appeal
Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness practice acted in unsuccessful Cornish wind farm planning application.
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Feature
Not in my backyard
Reform of planning law is a sensitive area – especially for Conservative voters – but it is also essential to the government’s growth ambitions. Rachel Rothwell reports on a suite of looming reforms.
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News
Solicitors found not negligent after passing on counsel advice orally
Court dismisses claim from former clients who said JR case was ‘doomed from the outset’.
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News
Village blogger libelled 'townie' neighbours in row over unregistered land
Judgment narrates 17 pages of 'unhappy incidents' involving 30-metre grass triangle in Lake District village.
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News
Queen’s speech: JR bill to 'restore the balance of power'
Fast-track for legislation on 'judicial over-reach' among 31 measures in new parliamentary session.
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News
Lawyers at crisis-hit Liverpool City Council put under ‘unacceptable pressure’
Inspectors’ report finds work was also outsourced without in-house lawyers even knowing about it.
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News
Supreme Court’s village green ruling leaves uncertainties
'Give and take' decision over Essex quayside balances commercial and recreational uses.
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News
Hasty planning reform threatens the environment, says Society
Making sure that new laws are good laws will take time, Chancery Lane tells consultation.
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News
Planning law overhaul aims to fast-track housing projects
Government hails ‘once in a generation’ opportunity - but critics point to sidelining of local communities.
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News
Planning rules relaxed - with wider reform 'this month'
Amendments to Town and Country Planning Act allow repurposing of commercial properties.