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Planning Law (with Chickens) Podcast: Quarterly: All the Acronyms (PIB, NPPF, PPG and GB)
Victoria and Nikita share their thoughts on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, and the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Mead case which considered the role and relationship of the NPPF and PPG. We are also pleased to welcome Nick Grant, barrister at Landmark Chambers, back to the podcast to share his experience of how grey belt policy is being applied.
Featuring
Nikita Sellers, Victoria McKeegan and Nick Grant
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – Town Legal Summary
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 11 March 2025. Please read our summary here of the key changes proposed in relation to the planning system in the context of other recent government announcements.
Written by:
Susannah Herbert
Compulsory Reading: The London Borough of Southwark (Elephant and Castle Town Centre) Compulsory Purchase Order (No.2) 2023
On 7 January 2025, inspector D J Board issued her delegated decision to confirm the London Borough of Southwark (Elephant and Castle Town Centre) Compulsory Purchase Order (No.2) 2023.
Written by:
Mary Cook & Sadia Hussain
Compulsory Reading: An early Christmas present
Just in case your Christmas holiday reading list wasn’t already long enough with the revised NPPF published on 16 December 2024 and all the guidance documents MHCLG has published since then, the Government launched its consultation on reforming the compulsory purchase process and compensation rules today (19 December 2024).
Written by
Nikita Sellers / Raj Gupta
Planning Law (with Chickens) Podcast: 2024 Christmas Special: Another 12 months of planning
Victoria is back and, together with Nikita, they run through a planning themed “12 Days of Christmas” looking back at some podcast highlights from 2024 including the recent publication of a revised NPPF.
Featuring
Nikita Sellers and Victoria McKeegan
Compulsory Reading: Reflections on 2024
Latest statistics from MHCLG updated in October 2024 (Compulsory purchase orders: Register of decisions - GOV.UK) confirm that so far this calendar year there have been 38 decisions on compulsory purchase orders in England
Written by
Mary Cook
Compulsory Reading: Peripheral Vision
Sometimes there are cases in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (“the Tribunal”) that do not directly concern claims for compensation for compulsory purchase but do consider principles that are directly relevant to our practice.
Written by
Nikita Sellers / Sophie Bell
Compulsory Reading: Law Commission Review
This article is based in part on a presentation given by Raj at the Compulsory Purchase Association’s Annual Conference 2024.
Written by
Aline Hyde and Raj Gupta
Painting Town Planning Red
What should we be looking out for in the next few months?
Written by
Duncan Field