UK, Housing Developers, Infrastructure

Competition and Markets Authority to Look Into the Efficiency of the Civil Engineering Market

BCLP on 7/3/2025

On 19 June 2025, the government introduced its 10-Year Strategy, a comprehensive plan aimed at fostering economic growth through investment in (amongst other areas) housing and social infrastructure. This strategy marks a...more

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

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

Will a new permitted development right save the high street?

Hogan Lovells on 4/8/2021

Last week, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced the introduction of new legislation in England to allow Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) uses to be converted to housing without the need to submit a planning...more

The Future of Planning: more of the same or a hint of more radical change to come?

BCLP on 3/13/2020

MHCLG published some of its proposals for planning reform in its ‘Planning for the Future’ statement on 12 March 2020, which largely builds on the Conservative Manifesto 2019 promises. However, more measures for reform are on...more