By Michael Hardware, Director of Property & Planning, Chelgate Local I attended the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum conference in Leeds between 20 and 23 May. Unlike last year, the sun shone, and all was well in the …

The biggest shake-up of local government is well underway, with a distribution of power from central government in the form of new Mayoral Strategic Authorities; and a shake-up of local government via the creation of new Unitary Authorities. When people …

National Update Tariffs continue to shift daily: they were increased, they were reduced, they were delayed and they were changed as trade deals were done. The UK did deals with the US and India, and then with the EU. Stock …

National Update The limited local elections at the beginning of May, involving 23 mainly county and unitary councils, saw massive losses for Labour and the Conservatives, losing 66% and 68% of their councillors respectively. Reform UK did very well, gaining …

Senior Account Director Jim has over a decade of experience in public affairs, policy and communications roles. He has significant experience engaging with the infrastructure, having led a sustainable business parliamentary group that specifically looked at ways to improve the …

Amid a growing international trade crisis being caused by US President, Donald Trump, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, made a Spring Statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday 27th March, where housing and house building targets played …

A few years ago, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) published an article (https://www.rtpi.org.uk/research-rtpi/2020/september/planning-through-zoning/) regarding ‘Planning Through Zoning’. ‘Zoning’, common in other countries, such as in the USA and in Hong Kong, where regulatory zoning plans are used as the …

On Tuesday 11th March, the First Reading of the UK Government’s much publicised Planning and Infrastructure Bill was published, followed with a debate on the floor of the House of Commons (the latest version of the Bill is here. This …