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  03/12/2024

  England

  High street rental auctions - non-statutory guidance published

  SummaryFollowing the coming into force of the legislation for high street rental auctions on 2 December 2024, the Government has now published its non-statutory guidance on the operation of this new regime. Property owners will be interested to see the detail of and approach to high street rental auctions, which may have an adverse impact on their control of vacant commercial premises on the high street.Detailed guidance on high street rental auctions[1]In our Law-Now Compulsory powers to take control of empty high street properties we commented on the new regulations for high street rental auctions...

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  14/11/2024

  England

  Compulsory powers to take control of empty high street premises

  Summary High street rental auctions of vacant high street premises have been trailed for a long time and were originally proposed by the previous Conservative Government. On 11 November 2024 the Labour Government laid before Parliament the regulations for High street rental auctions (HSRAs): The Local Authorities (Rental Auctions) (England) and Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) Regulations 2024. They come into force on 2 December 2024 and apply to England only. HSRAs will allow local authorities to tackle persistently vacant premises in city, town and...

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  02/10/2024

  United Kingdom

  Prosser v Ricketts and single assessment/small business relief

  Small Business Rates relief entitles a ratepayer occupying a hereditament with a rateable value of not more than £12,000, to a 100% reduction in their rates bill.  Therefore, for a small business owner, or the occupier of a smaller hereditament, it is a valuable form of relief.In Prosser v Ricketts a barristers’ Chambers brought an appeal before the Upper Tribunal arguing that the rooms occupied by the individual members of Chambers were not part of a single hereditament but a number of individual hereditaments which qualify for small business rates relief.The appeal premisesThe...

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  16/09/2024

  England and Wales

  Spotlight on Compulsory Purchase Compensation

  The compulsory purchase regime is a useful tool for bringing forward large-scale regeneration projects, but previous and current governments have highlighted the need to reform and simplify this regime to get Britain building. Recent compensation cases handed down by the courts emphasise how complex the regime is.Supreme Court authorityIn Secretary of State for Transport v Curzon Park Ltd and others [2023] UKSC 30; [2023] EGLR 36, four neighbouring sites were acquired by the Secretary of State. The local planning authority (“LPA”) granted each owner a certificate of appropriate...

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  13/09/2024

  United Kingdom

  Data Centres officially designated as “Critical National In­fras­truc­ture” – the first CNI designation in nearly a decade

  Summary 12 September 2024 was an important milestone for the UK’s digital future as the UK government has officially designated data centres, which store a substantial portion of the nation’s data, as ‘Critical National Infrastructure’.Designation of data centres as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)This is a significant decision which acknowledges the key role and fundamental importance that data centres now play in today’s digital economy and modern-day life where the use of AI is growing exponentially.  Data centres are the central nervous system of...

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  01/08/2024

  United Kingdom

  Significant Electronic Communications Code decision on terms of telecoms lease

  Summary  The Upper Tribunal has delivered a significant decision on the terms of a lease renewal of a greenfield telecommunications site under the Electronic Communications Code. In particular, in deciding the terms of a landlord’s break right the Tribunal determined that proof of the relevant intention to redevelop was required only at the time any dispute was heard by the Tribunal, and not when notice was given to terminate the lease. The Tribunal’s determination relating to the amount of rent under the lease is also significant since it is the latest in a line of decisions applying...

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