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Brand new 'Planning Unplugged' podcast episode reviews single family housing issues
Our host and managing associate James Clark is joined by managing associate Kate Ashworth and partner in WBD's residential team Tom Willows to talk about how transactions are shaped for single family housing deals, how planning plays a key role in ensuring a smooth development process, and the fine balance between ensuring suitable land use and maintaining housing supply.
Drop-in dropout: local authority decision to grant a 'drop in' application quashed
The recent High Court judgment has important implications for the interpretation of planning permissions and use of 'drop in' permissions following Hillside (learn more in our article here). It confirms that an outline, phased permission is not inherently severable.
Whether a permission is or is not severable, and can be amended by a later 'drop in' permission, will depend on whether this was intended when the permission was granted and the extent to which this is clear from the permission itself. Going forwards, if severability is intended, it must be designed into the scheme and made clear on the face of the permission and in the supporting documents.
Latest episode of 'Planning Unplugged' podcast looks at Biodiversity Net Gain provisions for landowners
Fiske: the latest update
New 'Planning Unplugged' podcast episode discusses Biodiversity Net Gain from a local authority perspective
In the second episode of our 'Planning Unplugged' podcast series, our host and managing associate Kate Ashworth is joined by managing associates James Clark and Helen Robinson to talk about what steps authorities have to take to embrace the raft of changes, and how its not just the planning departments who need to keep an eye on the latest moves.
Planning Unplugged podcast series debut episode explores Biodiversity Net Gain considerations for developers
World's first vagina museum finds new home thanks to pro bono support from Womble Bond Dickinson
London's Vagina Museum, which was forced to shut its doors in February after its property guardianship ended, has now reopened in a larger location on Bethnal Green's Poyser Street after WBD secured the lease to the new property.