Planning Permission

• Planning Permission complications when buying a house in France

  • PostedDecember 12, 2024

  We have just made an offer to buy a house in south-west France. We have seen the registered plan, but this does not show the swimming pool. I have seen...

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• Spotlight On… Bob McGeady

  • PostedMay 24, 2024

  This week’s spotlight is on Bob McGeady, a consultant in our Planning Law team. Bob McGeady What is your role at Ashtons? I am a consultant specialising in planning and...

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• Judge finds in favour of Thurston Parish Council vs Mid Suffolk District Council

  • PostedFebruary 18, 2022

  Following a two-day hearing at the High Court in October, a Court has now issued a decision in favour of Thurston Parish Council in their case against Mid Suffolk District...

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• Getting to the root of the problem in boundary disputes

  • PostedAugust 24, 2021

  Householders spending more time at home and in their gardens during the Covid-19 pandemic is fuelling a rise in boundary disputes as infrequent niggles have translated into nagging complaints, with...

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• Site assembly for commercial development

  • PostedApril 22, 2021

  If you have a great idea for developing a piece of unused land, you may find that you need to get control of some neighbouring property to provide access or...

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