5/27/2025 10:22:44 AM The sun was shining in Leeds for UKREiiF 2025 By Stuart Evans The sun was shining in Leeds for UKREiiF 2025, and with the brightening of the weather came the brightening of our optimism and...
5/19/2025 11:54:20 AM Unlocking a home for everyone - UKREiiF Unpacked By Mark Cook It is hard to believe that it will be a year since, amid all the rain, UKREiiF 2024 was hit by the announcement of a General Election....
4/7/2025 11:33:02 AM £20m coming to a community near you? How are we going to learn from previous programmes? By Sarah Patrice The Government announced the new Plan for Neighbourhoods £1.5bn funding pot, last month, which I'm sure will be very welcome news for the...
1/20/2025 2:35:43 PM Law Commission launches consultation on simplifying compulsory purchase law By Michael Clohessy The Law Commission has recently issued a consultation on their proposal to reform the law around compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) with...
6/17/2024 3:55:01 PM Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: Compulsory purchase reforms By Emma Lloyd Stuart Evans On 1 March 2024, the Department of Levelling Up Housing and Communities wrote to chief planning officers in Homes England and all CEOs of...
6/4/2024 11:50:54 AM Conditional contracts: Can a council as landowner (LPA) enter into a s106 agreement with itself, in its capacity as LPA? By Isham Souffi In some instances, a developer may wish to make a contract conditional on completion of a s106 agreement whereby the council is also the...
5/17/2024 8:58:26 AM Procuring regeneration projects under the Procurement Act 2023: playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the same order! By Mark Cook Local authorities and housing associations are at the centre of many land-based projects, whether this is for small-scale developments,...
3/28/2024 10:56:30 AM Community Ownership Fund - final round By David Alcock The first window for Round 4, the final round of the Community Ownership Fund, is now open for applications until 10 April. The funding...
1/11/2024 9:08:26 AM Community ownership - time for a change By David Alcock It was great to see in this piece in The Guardian recently that the Labour Party is considering adopting the recommendations of the...
11/2/2023 3:49:16 PM The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 - Key changes to planning By Max Howarth Samantha Watson The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Act has brought about a number of key changes to...
6/21/2023 7:41:26 AM Time to update co-op law By David Alcock It was very welcome to hear the announcement from Andrew Griffith on Friday that the legislation which governs co-operatives will be...
3/31/2023 9:38:03 AM The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy By Max Howarth On 22 December 2022, the Government launched its consultation seeking views on its proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy...