Posts from December 2015
Irwin Mitchell
A disingenuous headline - "It's cheaper to buy a home than to rent"
Santander research headlines that the current cost of buying is cheaper than renting in all areas of the country, except eastern England,...
18/12/15
Nicola Gooch
NPPF: Select Committee launches inquiry into Christmas consultation
December has always been a popular time for public consultations, so it did not come as a particular surprise to many of us that the...
17/12/15
Irwin Mitchell
What rights do our volunteers have?
I don't want to sound like Scrooge in the run up to Christmas but this is a question any organization engaging volunteers should...
15/12/15
Nicola Gooch
Airport Expansion: When meeting long term needs becomes political dynamite
The continued procrastination over whether to expand Heathrow Airport seems to play into a much wider theme in the British (and...
14/12/15
Irwin Mitchell
America is becoming less middle class
The top 1% are getting richer, the highly educated and well paid are getting richer and everyone else is going backwards. White collar...
09/12/15
Nicola Gooch
Court of Appeal rules on legal definition of a "Tree"
The Court of Appeal has issued a decision which confirms that the word "tree" for the purposes of a Tree Preservation Order or Tree...
09/12/15
Nicola Gooch
Government proposes key amendments to the National Planning Policy Framework
A consultation on crucial changes to the National Planning Policy Framework opened today. The proposed amendments to affordable housing...
07/12/15
Nicola Gooch
Planning Appeal refused due to breach of Pooling Restrictions
A developer in Surrey has recently been reminded of the importance of making sure that the planning authority has counted their s.106...
07/12/15
Irwin Mitchell
After the Autumn Statement, more news on Business rates for retailers
In the last couple of weeks,. business rates have been in the news a lot. Now, a recent report from Colliers on the current revaluation...
07/12/15
Nicola Gooch
Reasons, reasons and material considerations
Given the increasing prevalence of neighbourhood plans, it is not surprising that we are now getting a number of cases which deal with:...
04/12/15
Nicola Gooch
Yet more red tape to cut: Cabinet Office review of building sector re-opens
In an apparent concession that they didn't manage to get through all of it the last time around, the Cabinet Office has re-opened its...
03/12/15
Irwin Mitchell
Buy to let ownership moving from individuals to the corporate sector?
The cynic might be forgiven for speculating that the Autumn Statement proposals, coupled with the Bank of England's recent "concerns"...
02/12/15
Irwin Mitchell
West Sussex - Abolition of Internal Drainage Boards
The environment agency is looking to abolish internal drainage boards (IDBs) in eight areas of West Sussex and Kent. Where an IDB is not...
02/12/15