Following on from the Government’s Planning for the Future policy paper published in March, the long-awaited Planning White Paper is expected to be published imminently.
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On 1 August, the housing minister, Robert Jenrick, announced that new homes and hospitals will be granted "automatic" permission to be built as part of sweeping planning reforms in England.
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For some time now we’ve been waiting for drastic change to UK planning policy and it seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a catalyst for some long-awaited alterations.
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The Prime Minister recently set out the first steps in his strategy to ‘rebuild Britain and fuel economic recovery’ across the UK with the aim to ‘build back better, build back greener, build back faster.’
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In addition to announcing an extension to the relief from lease forfeiture until the 30 of September last week, the Government has also published a new Code of Practice for commercial property relationships amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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On Friday 19 June 2020, the government announced a planned extension to the rent protection period for commercial tenants.
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Nearly 80 days have passed since the great working from home experiment began. At the time, many naysayers predicted the death of the office and a permanent shift to home working.
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We recently hosted a virtual Q&A session with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and law firm, Herrington Carmichael, to discuss the return of on-site construction amid COVID-19.
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As people continue to return to the workplace following the Government's recent announcement, businesses continue to do all that they can to ensure a "Covid-secure" workplace, adhering to the latest guidelines.
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Following on from Sunday's announcement by the Prime Minister regarding the relaxing of some lockdown measures, the Government has published refreshed guidance for employers about how to work safely during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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