Court of Appeal

Planning permission — Nuisance — Whether grant of planning permission confers immunity against action for nuisance

Injunction — Use of land as gypsy caravan park without planning permission — Enforcement notice served but under appeal — No power to serve stop notice — Local planning authority…

Listed building — Whether removal of chimney breasts and consequential alterations demolition or alterations — Whether compensation payable for refusal of consent

Enforcement notices — Notices authorised with facsimile signature — Whether enforcement notices invalid — Whether obligation on chief officer to prepare and issue notices can be discharged by subordinate staff…

Planning permission — Green belt — Structure plan policy — Need for on-site staff accommodation as part of an institutional use — Section 54A of the Town and Country Planning…

Local plan — Whether recommendation of local plan inspector to be followed by local planning authority — Whether council entitled to prefer contrary views of appeal inspector

Application for planning permission — Proposals contrary to development plan — Appeal — One inspector hearing appeal — Second inspector holding local plan inquiry — Inspector granted planning permission on…

Structure plan — Policy for strategic gap between two towns — Presumption against development save in compelling circumstances — Application to build petrol station and restaurants — Refusal by local…

Planning permission — Derelict bungalow — Abandonment of use — Relevance of intention to occupy dwelling — Whether occupation of dwelling abandoned — Whether intentions of owners decisive factor in…

Planning conditions — Operational land — Change of use — Temporary planning permission subject to conditions — Conditions excluding permitted development rights — General Permitted Development Order 1995 — Whether…

Gypsies — Duty of county council to provide adequate gypsy caravan sites — District council seeking summary order for possession of land occupied by persons claiming to be gypsies –…

Meaning of caravan — Planning permission subject to conditions — Caravans and no structures — Chalet erected on site — Whether breach of planning control — Whether chalet a caravan…