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Steering the supertanker - an update on the Localism Bill

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 30 2011

Recent announcements that the Coalition Government seeks to revitalise the "Big Society" movement coincide with the continued progress of the Decentralisation and Localism Bill through the UK Parliament

Old problems, new solutions? Compulsory purchase reform in Scotland

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 28 2011

Where a local authority seeks to acquire land to progress its policy objectives but an agreement with the owner of that land cannot be reached, the authority is empowered by statute compulsorily to acquire the land in certain circumstances

David v Goliath? Developers and the localism bill

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • December 21 2010

Developers and their advisors have been awaiting with baited breath the introduction of the Localism Bill into the UK Parliament

One step forward, two steps back? Regional spatial strategies in the wake of Cala Homes

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 30 2010

In continued pursuit of the "Big Society", the Coalition Government has taken its first steps towards sweeping away regional policy and empowering local communities to exert increased influence on planning decisions