In the run-up to Christmas, London is a vibrant and busy place and there are lots of new restaurant options to try. Over the past couple of years DWD have become increasingly involved in providing planning advice to food and beverage operators in London. This article provides a short summary of some of our recent

The logistics and warehousing sector is a growing market, fueled by moves to online shopping and the recent pandemic.  We continue to provide tailored solutions to help developers and end users successfully navigate the planning requirements. http://dwdllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sheds_brochure_091121.pdf

A Development Consent Order (DCO) has been granted today by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for the South Humber Bank Energy Centre. This allows the development of an energy centre on vacant land at South Humber Bank Power Station site with a gross electrical output of up to 95 MW

In the 2021 Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced with great fanfare that the Covid-related Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief would be extended into 2022/23 to help the ailing high-street and hard-pressed hospitality and leisure sectors.  The relief was announced at 50% subject to a cap of £110,000 per group of related companies. Today, the

Alongside the budget the government published its proposals following its review of the business rates system.  The Chancellor was clear that business rates bring in a significant revenue stream and that business rates are here to stay. Consequently, the Chancellor confirmed a raft of changes to the system that should make the tax more responsive

A raft of business rates measures were announced in the 2021 Autumn Statement.  Some changes were short term, others relate to the longer-term direction of the business rates system. Freezing the Tax Rate Each year the government is permitted to increase the underlying tax rate for business rates (the UBR) by the preceding September’s CPI

Slough Borough Council’s Planning Committee has unanimously resolved to grant planning permission for the development of 361 Bath Road, Slough to provide a new part-two, part-three and part-six storey self-storage facility.

The September CPI inflation rate has been announced as 3.1%.

DWD’s work on the Humber Zero project has been highlighted recently in the press. The Business Live article highlights how Aecom and DWD are working to prepare planning and permit applications on this major carbon capture and storage project. Read the full article: https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/humber-zero-appoints-infrastructure-consultancy-21865704

The recent release of the draft new energy NPSs (EN-1 to EN-5) is a significant milestone, being the first time the suite of NPSs has been reviewed in their ten year life.  The DWD Planning team have summarised the major changes within NPS EN-1 covering overall government policy, need case, ‘generic impacts’ and ‘assessment principles’.

DWD have secured permission for the approval of a roof top extension to an office building in Geffrye Street, Hackney. The property is located in the Kingsland Conservation Area and is adjacent to Grade II listed properties. The unanimous approval of the application at Planning Committee is the result of two rounds of pre-application engagement

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC’s) Progress Report was published in Summer this year and reported on how the UK was doing in its move to achieve Net Zero by 2050.   DWD have produced the Climate Change Committee Progress Report Summary looking at the key areas.