A third of housing developers across the UK are struggling to deliver housing schemes due to a shortage of grid connections, a survey has found. The survey of 50 housebuilders and developers, undertaken and published by Knight Frank, has found that around 15,000 new homes are currently still unavailable because utility firms are failing to […]
Tata Group announces plans for multi-million pound UK battery factory
Last month Tata announced plans to build a 40GW battery cell gigafactory in Somerset, UK, a venture that is expected to create up to 4,000 new jobs and provide a major boost for the UK’s transition to electric mobility. It will be Tata’s first gigafactory outside of India. Tata is proposing to invest over £4 […]
Ofgem looks to civic chiefs for increased local input into energy planning
Ofgem’s CEO, Jonathan Brearley, has hosted a summit bringing together city leaders and mayors to discuss proposed regional energy planning reforms. Ofgem is seeking local support in terms of energy planning, with the introduction of Regional Energy Strategic Planners (RESPs), who will work with local authorities, gas and electricity distributors to plan cable and switch […]
Levelling up and the Regeneration Bill: What this means for planning
Town planning has risen up the Government agenda and will play a central role in the aspiration to ‘level up’ the country. The property profession can expect a huge increase in activity over the year; fasten your seatbelts! The reforms will have wide ranging implications in all corners of the system: the way that development […]
Turris vs CEGB Summary and Injurious Affection
Turris Investments Ltd vs Central Electricity Generating Board [1981] 1 EGLR 186 In this landmark case Turris owned a 10.8 acre site, purchased for the sum of £70,000 in July 1977, at Worsley, near Manchester. The land was affected by pylons and a 400kV line, held on a terminable wayleave. The site came with an […]
The Arnold White Case vs National Grid
AWE owned a 19.5 acre site to the south of Leighton Buzzard (“Area 15C”). A 400kV overhead electricity line (OHEL) extended from east to west across the centre of Area 15C. The line was subject to a terminable wayleave. In 2004 Area 15C was included in the Bedfordshire Local Plan Review as a potential site […]