Curtilage — Claimant erecting chain-link fence on driveway crossing parkland — Whether land constituting curtilage for planning purposes — Claim allowed
Enforcement Notice — Repairs to building became reconstruction — At some point the works became development — “Matter of fact and degree” — Owner’s appeal dismissed, building to be demolished
Q Work on a development site was started shortly before the date upon which the relevant planning permission would otherwise have lapsed under the five-year rule laid down in section…
Second respondent using premises for residential care for children — Whether such use rendering premises a residential home under Class C2 of Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987…
Claimant intending to build additional storey on existing property — Whether erection of parapet wall a material operation under section 56 of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 — Certificate…
Planning application — Woodland development — Claimant submitting incomplete plans with explanatory letter — Second defendant council accepting plans without comment — Council failing to inform claimants that application not…
Planning application — Barn conversion — Secretary of State calling in application — Whether decision to call in perverse or irrational — Judicial review of decision only — Claim dismissed
Planning permission — Call-in power — Local authority deciding to grant permission to demolish and rebuild football ground — Appellant objectors challenging Secretary of State’s refusal to call in and…
Planning permission granted for extension — Claimant applying to quash decision under section 288 of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 — Planning permission not decided on grounds of private…
Planning permission for dwelling on pig farm — Pig numbers low due to foot-and-mouth disease — Planning permission refused as insufficient pigs to warrant on-site supervision — Whether inspector interpreting…
Application for planning permission — Application determined on issue of total floorspace — No legislative definition of floorspace — Inspector correct to use own discretion — Claim dismissed
Planning permission for further development of tourist centre refused — Inspector dismissing appeal — Application under section 288 of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 — Inspector’s reasoning obscure –…