A letter from the Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee to the SoS for Wales, published on 15 September 2026, has urged the Government to enforce a COORDINATED APPROACH to TESTING contaminated land in FORMER INDUSTRIAL ARAEAS for environmental and health consequences.
In SALFORD CITY COUNCIL v AR (2026) EWCOP 45 (T2) the Court of Protection summarises the MULTIFACTORIAL APPROACH to assessing whether someone has been DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY within the meaning of ECHR Article 5, as established in Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference (2026) 2 WLR 1037.
A House of Commons Library Brief, published on 14 September 2026, discusses RTB in England.
A House of Commons Library Briefing published on 14 September 2026 discusses Planning Policy for Green Belts and reforms under the NPPF.
A House of Lords Briefing Paper published on 14 September 2026 examines empty homes in England.
A MHCLG Policy Paper published on 14 September 2027 sets out an update to the LOCAL OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK.
R ( GRIFFITHS-FOWELL ) v BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL ( 2026 ) EWCA 920 holds at para 109 that Section 193(6)(d) of the HOUSING ACT 1966 applies to a case where a person voluntarily ceases to occupy as his only or principal home accommodation which has been made available to him in accordance with Section 102, that is accommodation which is “ suitable “ for him. If the accommodation is UNSUITABLE then it has not been made available in accordance with Section 206 and the duty under Section 193 ( 2 ) is not discharged by virtue of Section 193 ( 6 ) ( d ).
The EHRC has on 16 July 2026 published GUIDANCE for Councillors in WALES on EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS.
VALIANT PUB CO LTD v NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL (2026) UKFTT 683 (GRC) holds that, for the purpose of determining whether a building or land was an ACV, the term “ community “ in Section 88(1) of the LOCALISM ACT 2011 is not limited to the vicinity of thre premises, but extended to groups with a SUFFICIENTLY PROXIMATE CONNECTION with them.