Planning row nets Barnet £4m

Travellers to be banned from green belt

Gypsies will be banned from camping on green belt land after the government revealed its streamlined planning policy for Traveller sites.

A burning issue

In the wake of several tragic fatalities, an Inside Housing investigation reveals social landlords are receiving fire safety enforcement notices at a rate of one a week. Martin Hilditch finds out what is going wrong

William Barnes: a radical vision

Hundreds to be evicted from illegal Traveller site

Around 100 families are to be removed from an illegal Travellers site in Essex after the council gave the go-ahead to evict them.

Spurs given green light to drop affordable homes

A council has agreed £400 million regeneration plans which allow a Premier League football club to build a new stadium but drop provision for affordable homes.

The stamp of approval

Councils are expected to allow development wherever possible

The certainty rule

Limits on the right to serve notice to quit on tenants with periodic tenancies could be problematic, says Andrew Dymond, barrister at Arden Chambers

Clearing your debts

The Court of Appeal has given some clarification on claiming possession against an assured tenant subject to a bankruptcy order or debt relief order. Jason Hobday explains

Default hurdles creep up

Lenders are adding to areas which trigger a loan default, says Louise Leaver, partner, head of finance, at Winckworth Sherwood

Cutting tenancies short

The judgement in a starter tenancy possession case is good news for landlords, says Josephine Sharrock, solicitor, Brabners Chaffe Street