Court of Appeal

Excavation of clay — Restoration of site by means of deposit of refuse — Option agreement (for lease and underlease) with local authority governing nature of refuse — Request for…

Grant of planning permission by Secretary of State — Unsuccessful High Court challenge by local planning authority — Costs awarded to second respondent only — Whether award of costs should…

Use commenced before July 1 1948 — Existing use — Use abandoned — Established use certificate — Whether any distinction between existing use and established use — Whether concept of…

House in multiple occupation — Application for planning permission for change of use — Whether local authority housing policy a material consideration — Whether local authority seeking to transfer their…

Material considerations — Application for planning permission for food superstore — Offer to fund highway improvements — Informal preference for site by local plan inquiry inspector — Planning permission refused…

Material change of use — Section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973 — Use Classes Order 1987 Class C3 — Whether change from permanent to short-term…

Planning permission — Radio telephone mast — Objections — Health and safety risks — Whether decision-making process of the council flawed — Judicial review — Whether improper exercise of discretion…

Planning permission — Material consideration — Local plan — PPG 22 — Balancing need for renewable energy against harm to conservation — Whether inspector gave proper weight to need expressed…

Bias — Planning committee refusing application for planning permission for housing — Rival builder a member of committee — Whether improper

Enforcement notice — Conversion of dwellinghouse into two separate flats — Whether immune from enforcement under four-year rule — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 172(4)(c)

Temporary use of field for Sunday markets — Temporary use permitted by General Development Order 1977 — Local planning authority making article 4 direction — Secretary of State declining to…

Planning permission — Refusal to register old mining permission — Whether mining operations authorised by interim development order permission — Whether breach of planning control