Talk About Town
25/08/26
Built For Her Game Podcast: Future Facilities for Women’s Football
Hosted by Sarah Rock (Boodle Hatfield), Victoria McKeegan (Town Legal) and Rebecca Burnhams (Quod), Built For Her Game is a podcast exploring the future of facilities for women's football.
Written by:
Built For Her Game
07/08/2026
Radix Big Tent Housing Commission, identifies the significant issues that the UK faces from a lack of ‘rightsizing’.
The latest report by the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission, identifies the significant issues that the UK faces from a lack of ‘rightsizing’.
Written by:
Radix Big Tent Housing Commission
06/07/2026
Have you got the energy for this?
The Government’s ambition for Clean Power by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050 is transforming the physical infrastructure required to deliver its vision of a sustainable, secure and affordable electricity system.
Written by:
Jamie Davies and Martyn Jarvis
Image by Andy Mallins
Planning Reform, Political Fragility and Delivery in Greater Manchester
For those of us advising on major development in Greater Manchester, the current planning landscape feels both more supportive and more demanding than at any point in recent years.
Written by:
Kathryn Jump
29/05/26
Planning Law (with Chickens) Podcast: Quarterly: UKREiiF reflections
Victoria and Nikita are back with an podcast update on planning news stories, an overview of the Wildfish case and reflections from the Town team on the recent UKREiiF conference in Leeds.
Featuring
Nikita Sellers and Victoria McKeegan
13/05/26
Transport-Led Placemaking and Regeneration: The Framework for Delivery is Here
Transport infrastructure has always shaped cities. But for much of the past two decades, the legal and planning framework for deliberately using transport investment to catalyse regeneration has been fragmented, underused and underfunded. But all of that is changing.
Written by:
David Mathias
23/03/26
The BNG Consultation Response: What the Feedback Shows and Future Changes Inbound
The Government has published its response on improving the implementation of biodiversity net gain (“BNG”) for minor, medium and brownfield development.
Written by:
David Mathias and Tanika Zeidler
23/03/26
Thank you for your call: am I data centre number 1 in the queue?
Increasing demand for data centres has brought the constraints of the country’s electricity grid and challenges in the planning system sharply into focus.
Written by:
Jamie Davies and Martyn Jarvis
[Add date here in dd/mm/yy format. Also remember add the featured image on the right side of the page]
Planning Law (with Chickens) Podcast: Northerly: Introducing Town’s new Manchester partners
In this first podcast episode of 2026, we have Town Legal’s new Manchester partners on the pod. Get to know Lisa Tye, Kathryn Jump and David Mathias in this special episode; their career highlights, their favourite planning cases and, of course, whether they support City or United.
Featuring
Lisa Tye, Kathryn Jump and David Mathias
13/01/26
Securing Clean Energy – A review of the draft NPPF policies
Whilst much of the attention in respect of the proposed reforms to the NPPF has focused on policies relating to housing, viability, and what constitutes a reasonable walking distance to a well-connected train station, there are significant policy changes proposed for all types of development.
Written by:
Martyn Jarvis
23/12/25
Planning Law (with Chickens) Podcast: 2025 Christmas Special: Another 12 months of planning
Victoria and Nikita run through their planning podcast themed “12 Days of Christmas” for 2025 with some key highlights from the year – plenty of cases, lots of consultations and, of course, the recently published draft NPPF.
Featuring
Nikita Sellers and Victoria McKeegan
19/11/25
Simplifying & Standardising Section 106 Agreement Processes: Proposals for Reform
We’re pleased to announce the publication of a suggested draft template Section 106 agreement for small and medium‑sized residential developments, alongside practical recommendations to simplify and speed up the process.
Written by:
Simon Ricketts, Meeta Kaur, Sadia Hussain and Susannah Herbert
25/08/26
Built For Her Game Podcast: Future Facilities for Women’s Football
Hosted by Sarah Rock (Boodle Hatfield), Victoria McKeegan (Town Legal) and Rebecca Burnhams (Quod), Built For Her Game is a podcast exploring the future of facilities for women's football.
Written by:
Built For Her Game
07/08/2026
Radix Big Tent Housing Commission, identifies the significant issues that the UK faces from a lack of ‘rightsizing’.
The latest report by the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission, identifies the significant issues that the UK faces from a lack of ‘rightsizing’.
Written by:
Radix Big Tent Housing Commission
06/07/2026
Have you got the energy for this?
The Government’s ambition for Clean Power by 2030 and Net Zero by 2050 is transforming the physical infrastructure required to deliver its vision of a sustainable, secure and affordable electricity system.
Written by:
Jamie Davies and Martyn Jarvis
Image by Andy Mallins
Planning Reform, Political Fragility and Delivery in Greater Manchester
For those of us advising on major development in Greater Manchester, the current planning landscape feels both more supportive and more demanding than at any point in recent years.
Written by:
Kathryn Jump
29/05/26
Planning Law (with Chickens) Podcast: Quarterly: UKREiiF reflections
Victoria and Nikita are back with an podcast update on planning news stories, an overview of the Wildfish case and reflections from the Town team on the recent UKREiiF conference in Leeds.
Featuring
Nikita Sellers and Victoria McKeegan
13/05/26
Transport-Led Placemaking and Regeneration: The Framework for Delivery is Here
Transport infrastructure has always shaped cities. But for much of the past two decades, the legal and planning framework for deliberately using transport investment to catalyse regeneration has been fragmented, underused and underfunded. But all of that is changing.
Written by:
David Mathias