UK, Housing Developers, Affordable Housing

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill in the UK: the best of the rest and what to expect next

Hogan Lovells on 4/4/2025

As seen in the first two articles in this series considering the Bill, the government has set out a variety of changes targeted at speeding up the delivery of homes and infrastructure. But what of the other, more general...more

Politics of Housing in the UK: Can the Planning and Infrastructure Bill help deliver the homes the government has pledged?

Hogan Lovells on 3/26/2025

The government has been clear in its ambition to deliver growth, and has been equally clear that planning reform targeted at unlocking development potential is a key part of that. Now, hot on the heels of the revised NPPF,...more

Planning and Infrastructure Bill - The Next Step on the Road to Planning Reform

BCLP on 3/17/2025

The much trailed Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced to Parliament on 11 March covers wide ranging changes to the conventional planning process, CPO, development corporations and infrastructure planning....more

UK development: an optimistic year ahead?

Hogan Lovells on 1/15/2025

As we say goodbye to 2024, can we also say farewell to the difficulties faced for the real estate development market? What does the future hold in getting “Britain building again”?...more

Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: Summary of Planning Reforms

BCLP on 11/1/2023

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 was given Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It introduces some wide-ranging reforms to the planning system which we summarise in this Insight. However, most of the changes will not...more

New Guidance paves the way for more Build to Rent

Hogan Lovells on 10/25/2018

What’s happened? The Government has issued new guidance to help councils grant planning permission for Build to Rent schemes. This is great news for Build to Rent developers as it should mean that permissions are granted...more