"Real Estate Development Notes" is Herbert Smith Freehills' blog where you will find the latest updates, articles and useful summaries on the legal aspects of UK real estate development topics including planning, general real estate, environment, construction, tax and real estate dispute resolution.
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What are the ramifications of the new Renters (Reform) Bill?
United Kingdom - June 5 2023 The long-awaited Renters (Reform) Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 17 May 2023. It followed in the wake of the White Paper titled “A…
Australian Real Estate Client Guide: What you need to know about IP
Australia - June 2 2023 If you’re buying, or selling, are you buying / Selling the trade mark, and transferring Business names and domain names / Socials?…
Planning permission up for sale?
United Kingdom - May 3 2023 Emphasising local support secured by economic benefits may be in conflict with the long-standing principle that planning permissions should not be…
The Build-to-Rent Sector in Australia
Australia - April 28 2023 BTR projects are springing up all over the country. Much of the current development is occurring in Victoria. In 2022, Victoria accounted for 63% of…
Environmental outcomes - friend or foe?
United Kingdom - April 18 2023 As a part of a prolific run of policy consultation and updates in the planning world, the Government recently published and sought views on how a…
Occupied higher-risk buildings under the building safety regime - Are You Ready for registration?
United Kingdom - April 6 2023 In February, we published a blog discussing a few of the principal updates arising from the government consultation on the new building safety regime…
The hidden costs of building safety: new duty imposes irrecoverable costs on landlords dealing with defects
United Kingdom - March 30 2023 As the Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act“) continues to make waves across the real estate sector, one quiet, but very important, ripple should not…
Nimbyism, Yimbyism and Localism - is there a difference?
United Kingdom - March 29 2023 Or “Why a populist approach to planning is a mistake” It is a fact that planning decisions made by local authorities, the Planning Inspectorate…
The best things in life are free(ports)?
United Kingdom - March 14 2023 It’s the early 1980s, a Conservative government is in power and struggling through a period of economic volatility following the “winter of…
The tale of the Build-to-Rent sector and the Renters Reform Bill
United Kingdom - March 9 2023 The Build-to-Rent sector (“BTR“) has continued gathering momentum over the last year and looks set to continue that way. However, the Government’s…
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