10 Jul, 2024 Office-to-EV charging hub planned in Crawley By Robin Barnes Interesting article in the Estates Gazette, outlining plans to transform a 19,000 sq ft office block in Crawley, West Sussex, into a...
20 Jun, 2024 London Legal Support Trust 2024 By Maples Teesdale On Tuesday 18th June, our team of James Howland, Mark Draper, Robin Barnes, Arron Ratti, Fei Pan, Ruqayah Juyel and Laura Johnson walked...
13 Jun, 2024 RSM Football Tournament 2024 By Robin Barnes We took part in the RSM UK annual football tournament at Powerleague Shoreditch alongside Mayer Brown and Allsop LLP. Unfortunately, a...
16 May, 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain for new development - implications By Robin Barnes Earlier this year my planning colleague, John Bosworth, published an article outlining which biodiversity net gain (BNG) policies have so...
12 Mar, 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain for new development - implications By Robin Barnes Last month my planning colleague, John Bosworth, published an article outlining which biodiversity net gain (BNG) policies have so far...
10 Jan, 2024 Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 By Robin Barnes Lydia Cassettari The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, introducing a raft of new measures, but more...
23 Aug, 2023 Crooked House - a planning perspective By Robin Barnes Last week, the destruction of a much loved 18th century pub near Dudley in the West Midlands hit the headlines. "Britain's wonkiest pub",...
25 Jul, 2023 This isn't just a planning decision, this is an M&S planning decision By Robin Barnes The hottest planning decision of the summer is in! Last Thursday, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities rejected...
06 Jul, 2023 Is the Infrastructure Levy IL- conceived? By Robin Barnes The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has already faced several rounds of markups, and the Secretary of State for the Department of...
26 Jan, 2023 Students don’t want a concierge and a cinema, they want cheap rooms By Robin Barnes Interesting article in Estates Gazette on student accommodation. Student numbers are up to record highs for the third year in a row, and...
30 Nov, 2022 Oxford Street – what does the future hold? (It's more offices) By Robin Barnes These are certainly interesting times for the country’s most famous shopping street. React News report that Oxford Street is poised to...
24 Nov, 2022 More information on conservation covenants By Robin Barnes The government has published further guidance on getting and using Conservation Covenants, see link below. Conservation covenants are...