Monthly Archives: December 2020

Posted on December 9th, 2020 By Benjamin Willis Posted in Real Estate News

UK COVID-19: Government announces “final” extension to protections for commercial tenants

The government has today announced that it will be extending the current protections that have been afforded to commercial tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, for one final time.

What are the current protections?

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has repeatedly extended temporary prohibitions on landlords taking certain enforcement Read More

Posted on December 9th, 2020 By Hannah Quarterman and Harry Macgregor Posted in Planning

The Use Class that keeps on giving

Just when you thought that no more excitement could happen in the planning world, the government has launched a consultation seeking views on potentially far reaching proposals to allow a change of use from any Commercial, Business and Service (the new Class E) to residential (Class C3). This would allow any property falling within Class Read More