Ignore errors in planning permissions at your peril
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision in the curious case of three temporary marquees, a backdated decision notice and the judicial review of a planning permission granted nearly
Keeping It Real Estate
News and Trends in UK Real Estate, Disputes and Planning Law
Keeping It Real Estate, published by Hogan Lovells, focuses on legal developments and regulatory changes affecting real estate in England and Wales. The blog covers topics such as leasehold reform and lease extension rights, commonhold ownership structures, energy efficiency standards and sustainability initiatives in buildings, community infrastructure levy (CIL) regulations and appeals, and tax disclosure rules impacting cross-border real estate transactions. It provides updates on government policies, legislative reforms, and practical implications for property owners, developers, investors, and legal practitioners involved in real estate matters.
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Rateable value: The Supreme Court departs from reality
The Supreme Court has decided that a rateable value of £370,000 should be entered into the ratings list for an office block in Blackpool despite there being “no actual tenant willing to pay a positive price for the building itself”.…
Open for Business – ESOS Phase 2
By Simon Keen
Regular readers may recall that we have previously blogged a fair bit on the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (“ESOS”). Phase 1 finished at the end of 2015 and we are now getting close to the end of Phase 2, as…
Three Words that mean so much
By Sarah Brown
What is the easiest way to locate a specific point on a map? It’s a question that is increasingly vital to many sectors of the economy, from your Amazon delivery driver (or drone operator) to the tourism industry. At its…
What is Net Zero Carbon?
By Simon Keen & Ingrid Stables
The issue of climate change couldn’t be more topical. But what is “net zero carbon”? Is it just another buzzword and what does it really mean? The UK Green Building Council has this week published its Framework Definition on Net…
Raising living standards in rented homes
By Anna Crabbe & Jane Dockeray
Did you know that prior to 20 March 2019 there wasn’t an automatic legal right for tenants to live in a home fit for human habitation? That is no longer the case following the advent of the Homes (Fitness for…
Non-UK resident SDLT surcharge: adding 1% and more complexity: Part II
In February we discussed the government’s intention to increase stamp duty land tax for non-UK residents (that post can be accessed here). The proposal is to add 1% to the SDLT charge for non-UK resident buyers of UK residential…
Health and safety in buildings: the health and safety file
With health and safety in buildings under increasing scrutiny, we look at the legal requirements for health and safety files and provide some top tips for commercial property transactions. Introduced in 1994 and retained under current regulations, the health and…
Second time around for RICS consultation on Lease Code
In our blog on 4 April 2018, we encouraged interested parties to input into the RICS consultation on its professional statement, Code for leasing business premises, 1st edition. With the status of a professional statement, the new Code has sufficient…
RIP the fixed term residential tenancy?
Landlords will have to provide a good reason to evict residential tenants from now on, the government announced on 15 April, in a proposed major reform of the private rental market.
It says it will abolish so called “section…