Development: A river runs through it

A successful challenge to the Environment Agency’s flood map zones has created huge opportunities for developers. Cameron Whitehead explains ‘With the scenic nature of canals and waterways providing the impetus for buyers, developers should see the alteration of the flood map as an excellent opportunity for new residential and commercial sites.’ For developers, land is …
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Planning Applications: Humpty Dumpty and the sequential approach

Martin Evans and Katherine Frankham discuss the key points arising from the UK Supreme Court decision in Tesco v Dundee ‘Planning authorities, according to Lord Reed, do not live in the “world of Humpty Dumpty” in which they can make the development plan mean whatever they would like it to mean.’ It is well established …
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