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Christian Drage
Awards
Oct 16, 2025

Chambers 2026 UK guide ranks BCLP in 36 practice areas and recognises 76 individual lawyers

In the 2026 edition of Chambers UK BCLP received 36 practice area rankings and 76 individual lawyer recognitions. This year, the firm is recognized in six new practice areas and improved to a Band 1…
News
Oct 01, 2025

The Legal 500 UK 2026

Insights
Sep 18, 2025

New NSIP pre-application consultation rules

A government consultation published on 1 September (closing on 27 October) seeks views on new guidance to support the DCO process reforms in the forthcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB). …
Insights
Apr 14, 2025

Tall Building Trends in London

Tall buildings have hugely contributed to London’s sense of place and rightful place as a world-leading financial centre. They have made a defined impact on the London skyline particularly in the…
Insights
Dec 18, 2024

NSIP planning: What’s changed in 2024 and on the horizon for 2025?

2024 has been a year with a continued focus on the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (‘NSIP’) planning regime by both the predecessor and current government. Reforms to make the regime…
Insights
Oct 01, 2024

Brownfield passports: A new tool to boost brownfield development?

Hot on the heels of the NPPF consultation MHCLG has published a working paper on the introduction of ‘brownfield passports’ to encourage development of brownfield urban land in a way that goes beyond…
Insights
Jun 20, 2024

Significant implications for environmental assessment of major projects

The Supreme Court’s judgment in R(Finch) v Surrey County Council  [2024] UKSC 20 has potentially significant implications on how environmental impacts of major projects are assessed.  The question at…
Insights
Jun 04, 2024

NSIP Reforms: New pre-application procedure and document requirements

As part of the ongoing Government reforms to the consenting process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (“NSIPs”), PINS has launched its 2024 Pre-Application Prospectus. The Prospectus…
Insights
May 14, 2024

Operational NSIP reforms take effect

Details of how the recently confirmed operational reforms to improve the NSIP planning process will work in practice are beginning to emerge. We have previously reported on which of the proposed…
Insights
Mar 12, 2024

Important planning changes set out in new consultation

Some significant planning changes are proposed in a government consultation on ‘An Accelerated Planning System’ launched on 6 March 2024 alongside the Spring Budget (which closes on 1 May).  These…
Insights
Oct 31, 2023

Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023: summary of planning reforms

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 was given Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It introduces some wide-ranging reforms to the planning system which we summarise in this Insight.  However, most…
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