Court of Appeal

Town and country planning — Enforcement notices — Material change of use of agricultural land — Grain silos storing grain not grown on the same agricultural unit — Applicant occupied…

Planning permission — Condition relating to highways — Compliance with condition required section 278 agreement with highway authority — Whether highway authority entitled to refuse to enter into such an…

Planning permission — Permission granted in 1988 for extension to existing restaurant — Subsequent change of use of restaurant to Class A1 bookshop — Whether permission for extension still capable…

Material considerations — Planning history — Proposed change of use from language school to offices — Likely adverse impact on residential amenity — No special need shown for office use…

Bureau de change — Enforcement notice — Application for leave to appeal against decision of High Court — Whether use as a bureau de change falls within Class A1 or…

Conservation area — Grant of planning permission — Circular guidance on conservation areas — Meaning of open space — Whether reference to open space in circular includes private gardens –…

Enforcement notice — Lake in green belt — Use for angling — Traffic and parking objection — Inspector dismissing appeal and refusing to grant planning permission — Whether inspector had…

Established use — Temporary planning permission — Whether grant of planning permission determines established use — Whether appellants entitled to established use certificate

Material change of use — Change of use of local government buildings to offices — Application for determination under section 53 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 –…

Green belt — Application for planning permission for hotel on land adjacent to motorway junction — Site in green belt — Whether very special circumstances to justify development — Application…

Development — Partial removal of building — Intended demolition of buildings to provide car park — Whether works of demolition development — Whether ‘building, engineering or other operations’ — Whether…

Planning permission subject to time-limit — Whether development begun within five years — Works carried out to remove part of hedge and provide entrance to site — Whether a ‘specified…