This post was also written by Harriet Morgan. From 6 April 2011, residential property with a consideration of over £1m will be subject to a higher SDLT rate of 5%. This means that a purchaser whose transaction will complete on or after 6 April 2011 will find themselves paying more SDLT than if completion had … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Clare Whitaker. We have spent a lot of time thinking about landlords being affected by tenants going into administration over the last year. This posting is about a court case where the landlord’s administrators were trying to postpone the tenant’s application to Court for the grant of a new … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Lesley Davey. At the beginning of October the UK’s Competition Commission (CC) recommended to Government that introduces as “competition test” in planning decisions for large grocery stores. This follows on from the CC’s 2008 supermarkets’ investigation where it found that the planning regime helped larger supermarkets restrict competition in … Continue Reading
This is a hot topic in that a number of developments are currently being delayed/called into question by claims that the site is common land or is a town or village green. Developers need to take care when they plan to develop land that has been used by the public for their recreation. Why? That … Continue Reading
