Introduction With the appointment of a new Labour Government it is all change for the UK and in this blog post we discuss the new leadership team for planning and the expected reforms to the planning system to be introduced by the new Government as set out in the Labour…

Introduction In this blog post we discuss the recent amendments which have come into force to permitted development rights for agricultural development. These amendments provide important flexibility to farmers and other agricultural developers to deliver this type of development What are the amendments? Permitted development rights provide the freedom for…

Introduction In this blog post we discuss an important change made by the Government to remove the 4 year time limit for a Local Planning Authority (LPA) to bring planning enforcement action against operational development and changes of use to a single dwellinghouse. What is the 4 year time limit…