In the wake of Amber Rudd's resignation as Home Secretary, Sajid Javid been appointed in her place and has in turn been succeeded by James Brokenshire. Brokenshire was previously Secretary for Northern Ireland, a role from which he stepped down four months ago in order to receive treatement for lung cancer.
He is characterised by the Guardian newspaper as being 'generally viewed as diligent and on top of his brief, if unexciting.' Most of his career as a junior minister was spent dealing with crime and immigration issues, with the Guardian article commenting that he might have been eligible for...
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Farmers are being given enhanced options for converting agricultural buildings to homes through an extension of Permitted Development Rights. These allow owners to effect a change of use without needing full planning permission.
The amended development right for the change of use of agricultural buildings to provide up to 5 new homes will allow for:
up to 3 larger homes within a maximum of 465 square metres or
up to 5 smaller homes each no larger than 100 square metres or
a mix of both, within a total of no more than 5 homes, of which no more than 3...
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The provisional New Homes Bonus figures released towards the end of December 2017 show the number of long-term empties increasing, bringing to an end the series of year-on-year reductions that had lasted since the NHB was first introduced.
As usual, EHN has performed some additional analyses on the data, the full results of which are available to Full Members and Library Subscribers from our Information Library. [You'll need to be logged and have the necessary permissions to access the spreadsheeet, further details of which are described at the end of this story.]
What's included in this year's NHB?
The April...
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