Planning and Compulsory Purchase News
13 February 2012
The Localism Act was enacted in November 2011, following a lengthy and at times controversial period of debate in Westminster and beyond.
24 October 2011
The award winning Real Estate group at leading UK law firm Burges Salmon has advised clients on three separate real estate development projects which have captured awards at the Insider South West annual property industry awards.
21 September 2011
A multi-disciplinary team representing the best of Burges Salmon's construction, planning, procurement, real estate, project finance and regulation expertise has been shortlisted for the national Renewable Energy Infrastructure Awards 2011.
23 August 2011
A study by a member of Burges Salmon’s specialist planning team has explored whether the work of the well-known British street artist, Banksy, could be protected as a listed asset.
26 January 2011
The New Homes Bonus scheme announced last year is to be extended to empty homes. The proposed scheme has been generally well received by the industry. In outline, the idea is that central Government will pay local authorities a "bonus" equivalent to the council tax receipts for each new home provided in the local authority area for 6 years after that home is first occupied.
27 July 2010
Two recent cases consider the grant of a Certificate of Lawfulness for breach of a planning condition.
28 May 2010
Since 6 April 2010 local authorities have had the right (not the obligation) to charge Community Infrastructure Levy ("CIL") in order to provide a coordinated and predictable method for the funding of infrastructure works on developments.
01 October 2009
A new procedure introduced to extend the life of some existing planning permissions may not be the panacea it might at first seem to be.
11 August 2009
This briefing provides an overview of the government's draft Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 which, together with a more detailed explanatory document, is out for consultation until 23 October 2009.
01 May 2009
We are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the first round of sales of sites for new nuclear power stations.