How NOT to end a ‘Rent to Rent’ tenancy
‘Rent to rent’ is a still a popular business model for landlords despite its many risks. In a rent to rent or ‘guaranteed rent’ arrangement the...
7th Aug 2020 Read moreLexology – Daily Feed
Dentons Asset Management & Investment Funds Group: FCA consultation on open-ended real estate funds - take notice!
The FCA has published a consultation paper into open-ended real estate funds - the latest in a series of steps investigating the suitability of a...
7th Aug 2020 Read moreRight of way disputes
Right of way disputes are more common than you might think, regrettably the issues are rarely straightforward, and it is essential to obtain good...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning white paper - Tightening of green belt protection?
The Government’s White Paper promises to “Promote the stewardship and improvement of our precious countryside and environment, ensuring important...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - reforms to the planning process
MHCLG has explained that one of the main intentions for the sweeping ‘Planning for the Future’ proposals is to overhaul and replace the current...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - Infrastructure levy
The Government’s White Paper, Planning for the Future - in the words of the Prime Minister - proposes “radical reform unlike anything we have seen...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - A panacea or pie in the sky for housing delivery?
Nowhere near enough homes in the right places - just one of the failings of the current planning system according to the Prime Minister in his...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - Local Plans
In England we have a “plan-based” approach to consenting development, and in the absence of regularly reviews plans the system simply does not work...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - Brownfield development
Densification is the buzz word here as the policy paper states that its aim is to secure the most effective use of land to ensure that housing...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - Consultation and use of technology
To ensure earlier and more meaningful voice in the future of their area as plans are made, harnessing digital technology to make it much easier to...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - Beautiful homes
Should we all aspire to design codes that built Bath, Belgravia and Bournville? While it is encouraging to see an acknowledgement “there is some...
7th Aug 2020 Read morePlanning for the future - Government proposals for reform
Changes to the planning system in England, announced today (6 August 2020) by housing minister Robert Jenrick, have been heralded as "landmark"...
6th Aug 2020 Read moreJuly - a busy month for Scottish planning
In a climate emergency, it might seem strange to remove a presumption in favour of sustainable development, but that's what the Scottish Government...
6th Aug 2020 Read moreGreen Homes Grant - which energy saving works are eligible?
Last month Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a circa £3 billion green investment plan, including the Green Homes Grant, as part of his Summer Economic...
6th Aug 2020 Read moreVIDEO INTERVIEW: Planning Reforms
Co-head of Real Estate Sector and Head of Glasgow Office, Alison Newton, sits down with Planning and Infrastructure Consenting Partner, Gary Sector...
6th Aug 2020 Read moreRadical changes to the Planning Use Classes Order in England
The Government has made radical changes to the Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended). The Town and Country Planning (Use...
6th Aug 2020 Read more89 Holland Park (Management) Limited -v- Hicks 2020 EWCA Civ 758 - Can consent be refused on aesthetic grounds?
Restrictive covenants are binding obligations that are written into a property’s deeds that determine what an owner is or is not able to do to their...
6th Aug 2020 Read moreResidential Leasehold Reforms announced
Currently, in England and Wales, properties are most often owned as either freehold or leasehold. Freehold owners have absolute and permanent...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreA people-focused system: an overview of trailed planning paper
Nearly £1.3bn of investment was confirmed by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick on 4 August which includes funding for over 300 successful...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreOutrage as Picasso murals stripped from Oslo building
‘The Fishermen’ and ‘The Seagull’ were drawn by Pablo Picasso and sandblasted onto the walls of the Y Block administrative building in Oslo’s...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreBad business - Landlord of unlawful HMO to pay back over £500k from ill-gotten gains
Having obtained planning permission to convert his property into three self-contained flats in 2006, the landlord decided instead to convert his...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreHas the High Court ended the ‘Housing with Care’ Use Class debate?
The decision of Holgate J in Rectory Homes Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Case Number: CO46822019...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreRent in Covid - 19: How will Landlords and Tenants agree to get back to doing business together?
Introducing the next episode in our real estate coffee break video discussions, focusing on the topical issues facing our real estate clients. In this...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreBusiness and Planning Act 2020 to support Covid-19 recovery now in force
In a previous blog post in June we reported on the Business and Planning Bill 2019-2020 (the Bill) and the planning measures relating to the planning...
5th Aug 2020 Read moreNew HMRC guidance on VAT and SDLT treatment of lease variations
The majority of the lease variations we have seen recently have involved a rent reduction. HMRC’s guidance makes it clear that a variation consisting...
4th Aug 2020 Read moreWill 2020 See A Take Off for Turnover Rents In UK Real Estate?
One of the many consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will be the long term effect on the landlord and tenant relationship. The concept of a landlord...
4th Aug 2020 Read moreGain Starts With Recovery
This Natural Capital series of blogs explores the implications of the emerging Environment Bill 2019-21 (the Bill). Our initial blog highlighted the...
4th Aug 2020 Read morePrivate Client - News in brief
The Government has confirmed that it will introduce legislation to allow for the witnessing of wills by video conferencing. It is now known that the...
4th Aug 2020 Read moreMassive shake up of the planning system on the cards
The Government is expected to announce this week further radical reforms to the planning system - reported to be the biggest shake up since World War...
4th Aug 2020 Read moreProperty tax changes: Q&As
With commentators speculating that the UK property market will revive in the coming months, here are some of the property tax questions our team has...
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