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The High Court recently dismissed a legal challenge to a council’s approach to requests for cash contributions to healthcare services. Saira Kabir Sheikh QC and Michael Brendan Brett analyse the ruling.

Planning permission for a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre next to Parliament has been quashed by the High Court. Douglas Edwards QC, Meyric Lewis, Charles Streeten and Kate Olley explain why.

Gemma Duncan and Sydney Chandler analyse and consider the practical implications of the Collins and another v Howell and another case as part of a Planning analysis.

What do reforms that propose replacing Section 106 agreements with a National Infrastructure Levy mean for registered providers? Alex Jones explains.

Part 7 of the Environment Act 2021 introduces a new type of local land charge called a "conservation covenant". Tobias Shaw Paul and Trevor Ivory summarise how they work, the operation of similar systems in Scotland and France and how effective they are likely to prove in practice in light of previous experience in these other jurisdictions.

Roderick Morton reports on a case which serves as a reminder of the importance of starting with the planning unit - even inspectors get it wrong.

On 18 January 2022, three cases were heard in the High Court regarding the interpretation of the Permitted Development Rights in Class AA and Paragraph AA. 1 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. Simon Kenneally and Ifath Nawaz look at the outcome.

In the third in a series of articles on Biodiversity Net Gain, Ian Graves and Trevor Ivory consider off-site fulfilment of obligations.

What does it mean to be “in accordance with” an approved plan? Daniel Kolinsky QC and Ben Fullbrook examine a recent High Court ruling.

In the second in a series on Biodiversity Net Gain, Marc Sorrentino and Trevor Ivory consider the issue of metrics.

In the first in a series of articles, Amy Truman and Henry Jeffreys examine the elements of the Environment Act 2021 which secure the provision of biodiversity net gain.

Roderick Morton examines a High Court appeal against an inspector’s decision refusing a lawful development certificate (LDC) for stationing of mobile homes on a caravan site for permanent occupation.

A parish council recently won an important victory over whether a neighbourhood plan prevails over draft Local Plan allocation. Meyric Lewis and Kate Olley examine the ruling.

In Finch the Court of Appeal has declined to define significant indirect effects for environmental impact assessment (EIA). Barristers at Cornerstone Barristers consider the ruling.

Celina Colquhoun and Philippa Jackson analyse a High Court ruling that is a relatively rare example of the Courts considering planning enforcement orders and which also provides a useful reminder of the factors that give rise to new planning units.

James Burton provides an insightful heads up on a case which has raised questions about overlapping or ‘drop in’ permissions and has wide implications for the development industry, and which is now heading for the Supreme Court.

Philippa Jackson and Celina Colquhoun analyse the Court of Appeal’s judgment on the challenge to the latest amendments to permitted rights.

Sue Chadwick and Stephen Morgan look at how successful (or otherwise) the neighbourhood planning system has been since its introduction by the Localism Act 2011 and what it might look like in future.

Roy Pinnock looks at the lessons to be learned from two recent cases on the Community Infrastructure Levy.