30 Jul, 2020 ARE PLANNING CHANGES MATERIAL TO BUSINESS RATES? By Richard Wackett Recently-announced Changes to the Planning Use Classes Order (UCO) that come into play on 1st September could affect the assessment for...
30 Jul, 2020 QUICK FIXES AND FUTURE PROOFING: HOW TOWN CENTRES CAN USE THE NEW PLANNING CHANGES TO REBUILD By Julian Stephenson John Percy Pre-Covid, town centres were undergoing huge change. Bricks and mortar retail, food and leisure have all been impacted by growing...
29 Jul, 2020 THE NEW USE CLASS ORDER: IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITIES AND AREAS TO WATCH By Craig Blatchford The most fundamental change to the use classes system for more than 30 years was quietly introduced by the government last week. Planning...
28 Jul, 2020 THE ABOLITION OF 'TRANSITION' IS KEY TO A PHASED RETAIL RECOVERY By Paul Surgeon The retail market has been irreparably damaged by COVID and the call for Government assistance is critical to the survival of the high...
28 Jul, 2020 USING IR4 TO MAKE THE PLANNING PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT By Samuel Blake Craig Blatchford Julian Stephenson In the fifth in our series of articles about the 4th Industrial Revolution and its potential impact on the planning and development...
27 Jul, 2020 HAVE WE ALL CHANGED FOREVER? IF SO WHAT SHOULD OUR STRATEGY BE FOR TOWN CENTRES? By John Percy There is a lot of debate about the immediate impact of COVID-19, but I am intrigued by the longer term implications. Will our behaviours...
22 Jul, 2020 NEXT GOVERNMENT REVALUATION POSTPONED IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 By Josh Myerson Next Government revaluation postponed in light of COVID-19 The English Government has unexpectedly decided to postpone the next...
17 Jul, 2020 IS LESS MORE? AFFORDABLE HOMES BOOST LONDON LAND By Montagu Evans The impact affordable housing has on the structure of land deals seems to be changing as the value attributed to affordable housing is...
17 Jul, 2020 HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LONDON'S TOWN CENTRES By John Percy Change is in London’s DNA. The city evolves on an almost daily basis. But just like the Thames, the constituent parts ebb and flow at...
17 Jul, 2020 MAKING THE MOST OF THE LONG TERM RECOVERY By Morgan Reece I had the pleasure of joining three excellent speakers this Thursday, Laura Citron from London & Partners, Jonathan Martin from LB...
13 Jul, 2020 NOW IS THE TIME TO GRASP THE NETTLE By Josh Myerson It seems like quite a long time since I last wrote one of these posts. And if I'm honest, there's been little in the way of a decent...
07 Jul, 2020 HERITAGE & VIABILITY - A HOLISTIC VIEW ON ENABLING DEVELOPMENT By Kate Falconer Hall Harry Wackett Rosie Adamson Last week Historic England adopted their new ‘Enabling Development Good Practice Advice Note 4’ – an update on the 2008 publication. Our...