Runnymede District Council has been taken to judicial review by local activists in a dispute over a listed redundant church building.

The Government has announced its intention to repeal the 2031 cut-off date for recording historic rights of way.

The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on compulsory purchase, as part of its review of the current "complex and inaccessible" law on compulsory purchase and compensation.

The Government has detailed a series of reforms aimed at expanding and simplifying compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) in a consultation launched today (19 December).

The London Borough of Hackney has lost a Court of Appeal case over the eligibility for right to buy of a rabbi who occupied a home for only part of the time.

Tower Hamlets Council has secured a remediation order requiring the owners of a high-rise building to remove dangerous aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding.

Four local authorities in England have been selected as early adopters of high street rental auction powers.

The Government is to set target dates for unsafe buildings in England to be fixed as part of a new Remediation Acceleration Plan to be unveiled today (2 December).

The Government is to consult on a raft of changes to the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme including extending the length of time someone has to be a tenant before they can buy their home and protecting newly built social homes from sale through exemptions.

The Law Commission has released its first consultation paper on the right to renew business tenancies under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, also known as 'security of tenure'.

Cheshire East Council has been fined £500,000 after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the death of a dog walker in August 2020, killed by a falling tree, might have been avoided had the public area been better managed.

Councils will have the power to hold high street rental auctions (HSRAs) from 2 December after secondary legislation was laid yesterday (11 November).

Woking Borough Council's former monitoring officer failed to challenge the former chief executive officer and former s151 officer over decisions to borrow large sums of money with no credible plan for repayment, a public interest report on the council's governance arrangements has concluded.

The High Court has refused an application by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to stay three judicial review claims challenging various provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

The scale of the cladding crisis has "proved much bigger than the government initially understood", and up to 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding remain to be identified, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has suggested.

The Supreme Court has this month refused an application for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s judgment in a dispute over the deregistration of town and village greens (TVGs).

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is seeking permission to intervene in a Court of Appeal case relating to housing energy efficiency standards, which the watchdog said would set a precedent concerning how the government takes account of environmental issues in its policies.

The London Borough of Haringey has successfully defended a judicial review claim brought by a private homeowner in a lengthy dispute concerning its decision to fell a street tree thought to be causing subsidence.

The High Court has granted Thurrock Council and Essex County Council a five-year injunction subject to yearly review against persons unknown in response to protest activity by Just Stop Oil.

Plymouth City Council has had to withdraw proposals to rename a square after a legal challenge, and will now restart the process.

A resident who objected to the London Borough of Enfield selling part of a park to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has been refused permission to appeal in his challenge to the disposal.

The Supreme Court will next week (8 October) hear the landowners’ appeal in a dispute over the lawfulness of wild camping on Dartmoor.

The Housing Ombudsman has set out nine tests for how it may assess shared ownership complaints in future.

External auditors at the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have voiced "significant concerns" over the council's governance arrangements in light of delayed financial statements, alongside concerns about debt associated with a wholly-owned property company.

External auditors have flagged "significant" weaknesses in control processes relating to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council's disposal of assets, and have suggested that members were not "seriously considering" officer recommendations concerning the council's finances.

Private and social rented homes are set to be required to achieve Energy Performance Certificate C or equivalent by 2030 in a series of Government measures to improve home energy standards.

The London Borough of Newham has a lost a £1.6m case over an attempt to judicially review a decision by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on whether a floating hotel is a building for Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) purposes.

London’s leading grant-giving charity has issued judicial review proceedings against the government, arguing that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LFRA 24) will “jeopardize the financial stability and operational capacity of a handful of charities that depend on property assets for funding”.