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‘Hope Value’ and the Opportunity for Upward Extension of Residential Blocks
A relaxation of planning rules has presented landlords of residential blocks with the tempting opportunity to extend them…
What is a ‘Controversial’ Planning Application? High Court Gives Guidance
If you object to a planning application, you are perfectly entitled to encourage others to join you in…
Anti-Terrorism Traffic Restrictions Breached Human Rights, High Court Rules
Even when it comes to measures designed to combat terrorism, a fair balance must be struck between individual…
Empty Office Blocks, Property Guardians and Houses in Multiple Occupation
Does an office block lived in temporarily by so-called ‘property guardians’ have to be licensed as a house…
Overlooked Homeowners Fall Foul of Ambiguity in Planning Permission
Finding your way around the intricacies of the planning system without professional advice is, for most people, a…
Access Disputes – High Court Urges an Outbreak of Neighbourly Love
Access Disputes Property owners frequently need access to their neighbours’ land in order to carry out repair and…
Judge Laments Heavy Cost of Suburban Boundary Dispute
Apparently trifling neighbours’ disputes over a few inches of land have a nasty habit of taking on the…
Party Wall Disputes – Resolution Mechanism Cannot Be Invoked Unilaterally
The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 provides an invaluable and frequently used mechanism by which disputes between owners…
Upper Tribunal Confronts an Interesting Property Valuation Conundrum
The most reliable method of valuing property is to discern what someone is willing to pay for it…
Restrictive Covenants – Tribunal Blocks Extension in Architect-Designed Mews
To what extent should aesthetic considerations be permitted to stand in the way of the reasonable use of…
Absentee Tenant Pays High Price for Failing to Leave Forwarding Address
Absentee or non-resident tenants who do not leave their landlords with a forwarding address place themselves in acute…
Affordable Housing Shortage Proves Decisive in High Court Planning Case
The chronic shortage of affordable homes is a powerful driver in favour of permitting building projects that might…
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