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The UK government has proposed to ban upwards-only rent reviews (UORRs) in new commercial leases, and this has understandably been a cause for a lot of speculation as to the potential impact on the property sector.
On 10 July 2025, the UK Government introduced the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Bill), which includes a significant change for commercial property: a proposed ban on upward-only rent reviews in new leases.
As the real estate industry faces growing pressure to create more sustainable, attractive, and functional spaces within every aspect of the built environment, it's time to apply the lessons of placemaking to the industrial realm.
R. v London Borough of Havering recently emphasised that local authorities must properly interpret legislation when assessing whether land is “contaminated". It also demonstrates how local residents’ groups may potentially force local authorities into taking action under the c...
As the UK continues to digitise and decarbonise, real estate developers and investors are seeing growing demand for land and infrastructure to support data centres and battery energy storage systems (BESS). This article explores the UK government’s evolving stance and the impl...
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