{"id":3099,"date":"2011-08-24T19:02:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T19:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2011-08-24T19:02:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T19:02:27","slug":"law-commission-%e2%80%98rights-to-light%e2%80%99-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3099","title":{"rendered":"Law Commission: \u2018rights to light\u2019 review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_1314200223353444\"><strong id=\"yui_3_2_0_5_1314200223353438\"><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Law Commission has announced a review of the rights to light. This exercise will begin in earnest next year and will involve a consultation paper in 2013 and the possibility of a report and legislation in the shape of a draft bill by late 2014 or early the following year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The legal body will focus on whether the current law by which rights to light are acquired and enforced provides an appropriate balance between those benefiting from the rights and those wishing to develop land in the vicinity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This initiative will examine the interrelationship between the planning system and rights to light, and whether the remedies available to the courts are \u201creasonable, sufficient and proportionate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s announcement will come as welcome news to developers, said Jennifer Chappell, an associate with legal practice Bircham Dyson Bell LLP.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She explained the review should deal with the effect of the fallout from the Heaney rights to light case which had created uncertainty for developers over whether damages were the only means of recompense or if removal of the structure was also a legitimate possibility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s long overdue and in the wake of the Heaney case, it really couldn\u2019t have come at a better time for the developers,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There are projects in the City of London that are being slowed by the fallout from the Heaney case; the Walkie Talkie building being one such project \u2013 so the Commission\u2019s announcement that it will reassess the system and the laws will be music to developers\u2019 ears.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u2018The law must be updated and be made clearer so that all parties know the boundaries of what they can and can\u2019t do around rights to light.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">See the Law Commission 11th\u00a0Programme of Law Reform, page 19 at: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov.uk\/lawcommission\/docs\/lc330_eleventh_programme.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Search Planning Portal<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2011\/aug11\/18aug11\/180811_3\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Law Commission has announced a review of the rights to light. 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