Jun 17, 2024 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...
Jun 04, 2024 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...
May 17, 2024 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,...
Mar 28, 2024 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...
Jan 11, 2024 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...
Nov 02, 2023 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...
Jun 21, 2023 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...
Mar 31, 2023 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...
Mar 20, 2023 So farewell then, SITR... By David Alcock Among the announcements about pensions, childcare and energy bills, if you look deep into the budget paper from last week you will find a...
Feb 21, 2023 Community ownership - get those EOIs in... By David Alcock The third round of bidding to the Community Ownership Fund (COF) (part of the Government's Levelling Up programme) opened on 15 February...
Feb 15, 2023 Something different with money By David Alcock Ten years ago the Community Shares Unit started promoting this unique form of financing for local and community organisations. It is a...
Jan 11, 2023 To B or not to B... By David Alcock I am genuinely really pleased that the law firm that I work for has achieved B Corp status. Why is this important, and why might your...