Urban development – helping overcome obstacles
John Bosworth examines the practical issues that arise where a council is considering exercising its powers of appropriation to allow developments to proceed, and looks at how such arrangements can be structured.
April 24, 2026
Urban development – helping overcome obstacles
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Titchfield Festival Theatre - the new chapter. Or not, as it happens
April 17, 2026
The Court of Appeal recently clarified how s.57(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 applies when an enforcement notice is issued but planning permission is not required for some of the land concerned to revert to its lawful use immediately before an alleged breach. Roderick Morton analyses the judgment.
Permission for Take Off: £205m Cardiff Airport Subsidy Authorised by the CAT
April 16, 2026
This week saw the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) hand down judgment in the case of Bristol Airport Limited v Welsh Ministers [2026] CAT 30. It’s a subsidy control case of particular interest, as it is the first to interrogate the level of detail required from the assessment of a subsidy against the subsidy control principles.
Changes to the written representations procedure process for appeals
April 09, 2026
Gary Soloman and Connor Maunder set out significant changes to the written representations procedure process for planning appeals that came into effect this month.
Planning committees and delegation
April 09, 2026
The government’s proposed reforms to planning committees and delegation could herald a new councillor–officer dynamic, writes Nagla Stevens.
Injunctions to restrain breaches of planning control
Apr 09, 2026
Lawfulness and applications for a CLEUD
Apr 08, 2026
Planning appeals and costs awards
Mar 13, 2026
The latest Sizewell C JR
Mar 12, 2026
The draft NPPF consultation: what’s new
Feb 27, 2026
Development, flood risk and planning judgment
Feb 18, 2026
Timed out?
Feb 18, 2026
The Mayor of London's strategic planning role
Feb 12, 2026
Infrastructure consenting in Wales
Feb 11, 2026
Grey belt tests tested
Feb 11, 2026
Releasing stalled housing sites
Feb 06, 2026
The planning permission for the new Chinese Embassy
Jan 30, 2026
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