Gypsies
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R (on the application of Butler) v Wychavon District Council
Gypsy caravan site — Enforcement notice — Prosecution for breach — Whether decision to prosecute reviewable — Claim dismissed
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R (on the application of Smith) v South Norfolk Council
Gypsy caravans — Breach of enforcement notice — Eviction by direct action — Section 178 of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 — Compatibility with Article 8 of European Convention…
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Hughes v First Secretary of State and another
Gypsy caravans — Green-belt land — Inspector recommending grant of planning permission — Secretary of state refusing permission — Educational needs of children — Judge holding secretary of state wrongly…
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Waverley Borough Council v Newland
Gypsy caravans — Application for planning permission — Introduction of caravans before determination of planning appeal — Breach of injunction Whether injunction should be discharged — Whether defendants should be…
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Wychavon District Council v Rafferty and others
Gypsy site — Occupation in breach of injunction — Application to vary injunction so as to permit residence pending planning appeal — Prospects of success on planning appeal — Whether…
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R (on the application of Casey and others) v Crawley Borough Council
Gypsy camp — Trespass on unauthorised site — Judicial review of decision to bring possession proceedings — Applicability of Article 8 of European Convention on Human Rights — Claim dismissed
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Simmons v First Secretary of State
Green-belt land — Siting of gypsy caravans in contravention of planning control — Appeal against enforcement notices — Secretary of state finding no very special circumstances justifying development — Extent…
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Bromley London Borough Council v Maughan; South Cambridgeshire District Council v Gammell
Gypsy sites — Injunctions against persons unknown — Appellants moving onto site after date of injunction — Committal for breach of injunction — Whether judge should have considered personal circumstances…
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Smith v First Secretary of State and another
Planning policy — Caravan site — Retrospective planning applications — Refusal of planning permission — Inspector dismissing appeal — Whether inspector erring in finding site would cause serious harm outweighing…
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Mole Valley District Council v First Secretary of State and another
Green-belt land — Planning permission for gypsy site — Whether shortage of gypsy sites and applicant’s personal circumstances amounting to very special circumstances justifying grant of permission — Claim dismissed
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Simmons v First Secretary of State and another
Green belt — Claimant gypsy occupying land in contravention of planning policy — Enforcement notice — Very special circumstances justifying development in green belt — Whether claimant obliged to search…