<br />
REAL NEWS<br />
SPRING/SUMMER 2018<br />
Welcome to the spring/summer 2018 edition of<br />
Real News. In this edition:<br />
Sally Adams considers the pilot scheme that has been<br />
launched to deal with unopposed lease renewals (page 2);<br />
Ben Rogers, Rob Shaw and Jane Summerfield take<br />
us through the new Electronic Communications Code<br />
(page 5);<br />
Rachel Holt and Claire Stoneman provide a look<br />
back on 2017 and an insight into what we can expect in<br />
2018 from a planning perspective (page 8); and<br />
Andrew Gray, Nichola Donovan and Rob Shaw<br />
consider the interplay between the Internet of Things and<br />
the real estate sector (page 12).<br />
I hope you find these articles useful, if there’s a topic<br />
that you’d like us to address then please do get in<br />
touch.<br />
Kind regards<br />
RACHAEL JONES<br />
Editor, Legal Director<br />
T +44 333 207 7319<br />
rachael.jones@dlapiper.com<br />
CONTENTS<br />
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=1"> REAL NEWS SPRING/SUMMER 2018 Welcome to the</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=2"> A CHANGE IN PACE FOR UNOPPOSED LEASE RENEWALS? 02</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=3"> A pilot scheme has been launched by HM Courts and</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=4"> General comments ■ It seems inevitable that more</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=5"> NEW ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CODE – NOW IN FORCE</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=6"> The new Electronic Communications Code came into </a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=7"> owner could find itself the subject of a cour</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=8"> PLANNNG AHEAD: A REVIEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=9"> 1. HOUSING WHITE PAPER FEBRUARY 2017 The Housing </a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=10"> 4. NPPF AMENDMENTS The Ministry of Housing, Commu</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=11"> 8. RELEVANT POLICIES FOR THE SUPPLY OF T</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=12"> THE INTERNET OF THINGS AND THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=13"> A MORE CONNECTED PHYSICAL WORLD Buildings are</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=14"> LEGAL ISSUES AS WITH ANY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TH</a>
<a title="DLA Piper_Real_News_Spring_Summer_2018 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed36cfea?page=15"> 5 SERVICE CHARGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE With more</a>
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