Introduction

Since the mid-2010s there has been a rise in the conversion of premises from commercial to residential. Accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to an increase in remote working, property owners have been seeking permission to convert business units into homes, filling empty...

Planning Under Pressure – Developers, Planners & Legal Experts Call for Reform This week’s event, hosted by Squires Planning, Evoke Transport, and Thrings Solicitors, brought together key voices from across the development and planning landscape to tackle the systemic challenges slowing down...

Amidst an unpredictable energy market and against a backdrop of the UK’s net-zero ambitions, solar energy is being pushed to the fore.

Solar PV technology, which uses semiconductor technology to convert sunlight directly into electricity, has seen huge advancements over the past decade...

Chichester District Council has now adopted the Chichester Local Plan 2021–2039, setting out how the district (outside of the South Downs National Park) will grow and change over the next 14 years.

The plan covers where new homes and jobs will go, how transport and infrastructure will be managed...

From 11 August 2025, Lambeth Council will introduce new planning restrictions on the creation of small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the wards of Streatham Common & Vale and Streatham St Leonard’s.

At present, converting a family house into a small HMO (3–6 residents) does not...

A coordinated “call for sites” has been launched by Hastings Borough Council, Rother District Council, Eastbourne Borough Council, Lewes District Council, Wealden District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority. The aim is to identify land that could provide permanent Gypsy and...