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As Wall Street and Silicon Valley debate whether there’s an ‘AI Bubble’, investment in the data centres powering the AI economy shows no sign of slowing. Global spending is forecast to hit $3 trillion in the next three years, with up to 100 data centres planned for construction in the UK already. Against this backdrop,…
Read more31 October 2025
Sharpe Pritchard LLP acted on behalf of East Sussex County Council in progressing a Compulsory Purchase Order (“CPO”), Side Roads Order and Bridge Scheme to enable the delivery of the Exceat Bridge Replacement Scheme, as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport on 7 October 2025. The confirmation of the CPO, together with the…
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New Towns Taskforce. What Comes Next for Local Authorities and Developers? Conrad Turnock and James Goldthorpe As cries of ‘Build Baby Build’ echoed around the Labour party conference hall in Liverpool last week, planning and real estate professionals across the country were reviewing the New Towns Taskforce’s report to Government, published on 28th September. The…
Read more12 December 2024
The first big announcement, in what looks likely to be a busy Christmas of planning reform, has been the publication of a policy paper on modernising planning committees by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Having placed planning reform at the centre of its economic strategy, the Government is no doubt keen to…
Read more6 June 2024
The Government (whoever that may be post-4 July) will undoubtedly still encourage and promote, via the planning system, the wireless infrastructure agenda for the UK. Lots of us want and rely on this technology, yet the siting and installation of the masts and equipment required to support the system still raises objections. Most of the…
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