Proposed Ban on Upwards-Only Rent Reviews
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Proposed Ban on Upwards-Only Rent Reviews
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Modifying restrictive covenants to allow development – Great Jackson St Estates Limited v The Council of the City of Manchester
The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment on yet another case involving an application to modify restrictive covenants under Section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925, this time concerning two large apartment towers to be constructed on the site of redundant warehouse buildings.
Securing off-site Biodiversity Net Gain
Laura Czapski, Legal Director in our Agriculture and Rural Land team, considers the requirements for off-site BNG and the opportunities that that may present to farmers and landowners.
Property Taxes
Head of our Agriculture and Rural Land team, Hazel Eccles, briefly summarises the announcements that may affect property owners
Bewley acquire development site on south coast
FSP completes the purchase of a development site in Nutbourne in West Sussex for Bewley Homes.
Exercising options over land and paying deposits
Michael Higgin, who leads our Strategic Land team, comments on the IAA Vehicle Services Limited case and looks at the treatment of conditional completions and the payment of deposits in relation to option exercise contracts.
Who owns this land?
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA) – what does Part 11 mean for you?
Government seeks the power to stop builders building
The Government announced last week (on 14th February 2022) a proposed change to its Building Safety Bill, allowing a Government Minister to stop a named developer from doing development. This would be with no recourse for appeal or compensation, even where planning permission has been granted.