All Legal & Professional articles
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ProfessionalTimber framed for a construction push under new net zero strategy
The government’s plan to boost UK timber construction as part of its net zero strategy faces many obstacles.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Be First’s Caroline Harper
The deputy managing director of Barking and Dagenham Council’s regeneration company Be First on how she got started in property, her top book and podcast picks and her favourite destination.
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ProfessionalAnother way to provide flexible workspace
Management agreements have the potential to deliver greater long-term income returns to landlords.
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ProfessionalOffices join the upcycling trend
Occupiers are seeing the financial and environmental benefits of reusing office elements in new designs.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Bruton Knowles' Gillian Froud
Bruton Knowles’ head of utilities and infrastructure, south, on how she got started in the property industry, her top book and album picks and her favourite destination.
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NewsAssessing pending Supreme Court verdict in a Surrey oil field case
A pending Supreme Court verdict in a Surrey oil field case could have ramifications for future planning applications.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with MiddleCap’s Liam Dillon
The development manager on how he got started in the property industry, his favourite television and radio shows and the most ridiculous fact he knows.
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NewsProperty experts on how far new consultation will go to unveil the hidden owners of UK property
Property experts question how far a new consultation will go to unveil the hidden owners of UK property.
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ProfessionalLegislation changes to look out for in 2024
Business owners and HR teams must get to grips with several new employment law changes this year.
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InsightA year in review: Legal
The government passed major building safety, regeneration and planning laws in 2023, but delays and a lack of clarity on legislation frustrated the property industry.
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ProfessionalA collaborative approach to housing delivery is possible
A well-informed approach to housing delivery has the potential to reform attitudes to UK housebuilding.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Alex Thorpe, senior development manager at developer CO—RE
Alex Thorpe, senior development manager at developer CO—RE, on how she got started in property, her top book and song picks, the celebrity she’d most like to meet and her number-one travel destination.
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ProfessionalDevelopers branch out with regenerative design principles
New method helps developers build schemes that are both sustainable and beneficial for the environment.
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ProfessionalScaling back construction waste
While the sector seeks to play its part in tackling climate change by delivering more efficient buildings, there has also been much talk of bringing about greater circularity around how we consider construction materials.
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ProfessionalManaging overage agreements
Throughout this year, we have been dealing with a significant number of ‘overage’ agreements, which essentially enable a land seller to share in any value increase once a sale has been completed.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with James Child, associate director in CBRE’s UK development advisory team in Leeds
James Child, associate director in CBRE’s UK development advisory team in Leeds, on his favourite TV and podcast picks, his number-one travel destination and what he would do with a million pounds.
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ProfessionalWhat can we do to increase uptake of rooftop solar on city buildings?
Renewable energy generation has an important role to play in achieving net zero by 2050. There is a particular spotlight on solar, with the government targeting an increase in solar capacity to 70 gigawatts by 2035.
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ProfessionalIs the prioritisation of brownfield over greenfield land misguided?
The ambition to prioritise brownfield over greenfield has challenged everyone involved in development, causing delivery to become slower, less effective and more politically toxic.
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ProfessionalIs solar a threat to food security?
Whatever the wording of any ‘food security’ clause in a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), it is unlikely to bring practical change and may not achieve the desired effect of slowing the pace of solar farm development or controlling where they emerge.
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ProfessionalTips to avoid development traps
The often complex lifecycle of a new development can present many pitfalls for developers and may result in costly changes or, at worst, stop a development in its tracks.
