The consultation period on the Planning Gain Supplement (PGS) recently came to an end (February 28th) with many in the industry agreeing that the government still has gaping holes in its proposals for this controversial tax.
Bruton Knowles has recently opened a new office in Northallerton, North Yorkshire on the back of securing a major five-year outsourcing contract to manage the Estates Services for North Yorkshire County Council’s £1bn property portfolio.
Businesses in England and Wales are facing new and stringent fire safety legislation. Four in ten businesses in the UK* are unaware of their obligation to carry out a fire risk assessment under the new Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order due to come into force on 1 October.
After 23rd August 2006 no planning department will be able to grant an extension to any existing planning consent or renew without full details/a new application being submitted. Many current consents could now be refused or curtailed in a changed political environment.
Bruton Knowles is advising land owners across Gloucestershire to consider bringing land forward for appraisal and possible inclusion in Cheltenham Borough Council’s new Local Development Framework (LDF).
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