Nicola Gooch

Playing Catch-Up: The Great Repeal Bill, Permission in Principle, The Neighbourhood Planning Bill...

There have been so many important developments over the last few weeks that I have been struggling to decide which to write about. ...

31/03/17

Nicola Gooch

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council considers a new garden village for the Garden of England

It isn't very often that I write about events taking place in my own back yard, but on this occasion, I am going to make an exception.  ...

23/03/17

Nicola Gooch

Minister goes to MIPIM... and makes an announcement that his Diary Secretary may regret

This week, the great and the good of the property industry are networking in the South of France. I am not amongst them*, but Gavin...

17/03/17

Nicola Gooch

Housing Forum report: Take politics out of planning to boost housing supply

Many people take issue with the way in which individual planning applications are decided. The system is far from perfect, and can...

16/03/17

Nicola Gooch

We are not yet prepared for supporting an ageing population: Carl Dyer talks to Planning Resource

Those of you who have been reading these posts for a while, may have picked up on the fact that our team has an interest in the...

10/03/17

Nicola Gooch

Wrangling over Reasons: R oao CPRE Kent v Dover District Council heads to the Supreme Court

When the Government removed the statutory duty to include reasons  for granting consent on the face of a planning permission in 2013,...

08/03/17

Nicola Gooch

Homes of the Future - Technology and Retirement Living

Earlier this week McCarthy & Stone and the Agile Ageing Alliance released a report which considers the implications of technology for the...

02/03/17

Irwin Mitchell

Do you have, or can you see, Japanese Knotweed at your Property?

An article on the BBC news website has highlighted that a homeowner has been successful in claiming compensation from Network Rail, when...

01/03/17