Planning permission
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Kensington and Chelsea fails to block three-storey basement
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has lost a court challenge after a planning inspector made an exception to its policy that restricts basement excavations to a single storey
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90-home development at Reading survives court challenge
A judge has upheld the grant of planning permission for a development of up to 90 homes at Reading, dismissing the challenge brought by the local authority
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Shopping centre owner fails to block rival retail development
The owner of a Lancashire shopping centre fearful of losing its tenants to a new retail development in the town has failed to persuade a judge to quash the rival’s…
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Substantial development in Dover under challenge
Planning permission for development including more than 500 homes, a retirement village and a 130-bedroom hotel, partly on a historic site near Dover, is under attack from campaigners at the…
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Neighbours opposed to development can’t bring court challenge because they didn’t speak at planning inquiry
A judge has thrown out a planning challenge to a housing development because the complainants didn’t “make representations” at the planning inquiry into the project
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Judge: Demolish secret castle or face jail
A farmer, who built a mock Tudor castle without planning permission, has been given seven months to knock it down, in order to avoid a three-month prison sentence
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Challenge to Manchester railway project dismissed by High Court
A London court has thrown out a challenge to a major Manchester railway development
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Judge rejects claim that flats will threaten “famous” Stepney pub
The owner of a listed pub in Stepney used for film shoots and music videos has failed in a challenge to plans for a block of flats next door which…
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Campaigner opposed to Shell Centre redevelopment loses bid to get decision quashed
A campaigner opposed to the proposed redevelopment of the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank has failed in his bid to have the planning permission quashed