Posts from October 2017
Nicola Gooch
Neighbourhood Plans: Developers draw first blood in the Battle of the Written Ministerial Statement
You may recall some controversy, at the start of the year, over a written ministerial statement which Gavin Barwell, the former planning...
31/10/17
Joanne Moseley
Are "high jinks" ever an acceptable explanation for harassment?
According to newspaper reports, a dossier has identified 36 Conservative MPs accused of various forms of inappropriate behaviour towards...
31/10/17
Nicola Gooch
Supportive of Tunbridge Wells: A local view of the ABC Cinema Site and its lack of Affordable Housing.
Those of you who have a Planning Resource subscription may have noticed an article, published yesterday, which commented on a mixed use...
26/10/17
Irwin Mitchell
Poor mobile signal? - not for long (hopefully). Important news for landowners
Most of you would have no doubt seen the ample coverage of the new electronic communications code which is being brought in to drag...
23/10/17
Nicola Gooch
Housing & Finance Institute Report: Land Banking is a Myth, Conventional Wisdom about the Housing Crisis is Wrong, and maybe Councillors shouldn't vote on planning applications in their own wards....
Earlier this week the Housing & Finance Institute published its report into the causes of the Housing Crisis in London. The report...
19/10/17
Nicola Gooch
Politics and Planning: Tis the Season for Mixed Messages
A bit like preparations for Christmas, the season of pre-budget reporting seems to begin earlier each year. We are just over four weeks...
18/10/17
Joanne Moseley
New leave allowance on the cards for bereaved parents
My dad died a couple of weeks ago. Grief assaulted me like a wrecking ball. I was lucky - my employers offered support and...
16/10/17
Nicola Gooch
Politics and Planning: Research shows a link between Secretary of State decisions and the 'colour' of the Council
Earlier today, Planning Resource published a report on a research project that Irwin Mitchell has been carrying out over the last few...
13/10/17
Joanne Moseley
One in three work sickness notes related to mental health
Millions of us are affected by mental illness each year, with new official data revealing that one in three work sickness notes handed...
13/10/17
Irwin Mitchell
Calling all Landlords - Guidance on Minimum Energy Efficiency
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has published guidance for domestic and non-domestic landlords to assist in...
12/10/17
Nicola Gooch
London Councils express concern over proposed hike in Mayoral CIL rates.
Over the summer, the Mayor of London ran a consultation which proposed significantly increasing the rates of Mayoral CIL charged across...
09/10/17
Irwin Mitchell
welcome news on social housing rents
DCLG has announced that from 2020 to 2025 housing associations are entitled to increase their rents by 1% over CPI inflation. Sounds...
06/10/17
Nicola Gooch
DCLG Considers using CIL Receipts to fund new Neighbourhood Plans.
Last week, Planning Resource published a story which got fairly close to ruining my day*. DCLG are inviting tenders for a contract to...
02/10/17