Rating Update From Andrew Hetherton

  •  19/05/2021 2 years ago

Scotland Business Rates Announcement

  •  17/02/2021 3 years ago

Business Rates Updates

Business Rates Updates

  •  15/02/2021 3 years ago

Budget March 2021

The Budget is hotly anticipated by retailers hoping for both temporary relief and long term reversal of the heavy burden of business rates on the sector

  •  15/02/2021 3 years ago

AR has responded to the recent Government Consultation on Supporting Housing Delivery

The Consultation proposed a new permitted development right (PDR) to change from use CE which includes retail to C3 residential....

  •  10/02/2021 3 years ago

Court of Appeal judgment, upholding a decision from 2019 against Asda trying to overturn a Lidl permission

Essentially, a proposal having a significant adverse impact does not create a special requirement to refuse an application,...

  •  10/02/2021 3 years ago

Inspector rules out-of-centre food store and DIY outlet would not harm the vitality and viability of a Derbyshire town centre

The 1,944 square metre food store and 1,394 square metre DIY unit were proposed on a site outside the town centre....

  •  10/02/2021 3 years ago

Court of Appeal rules members followed NPPF retail policy against officer advice

The granting by councillors of consent for an out-of-town centre retail scheme...

  •  10/02/2021 3 years ago

Commercial sector law reform

The Secretary of State has announced a review of the commercial landlord...

  •  10/02/2021 3 years ago

National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code (due 27 March)

Retail Parks and retail warehouse units have many common design characteristics......

  •  10/02/2021 3 years ago

Property Week Article - Calling for changes to NPPF

Accessible Retail (AR), the out-of-town trade body, is calling for changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in order to protect retail jobs and make sure retailers have a commercially sustainable trading future.

  •  08/02/2021 3 years ago