Town and country planning
-
Lee v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning – Gypsies – Green belt – Appellant Romani gypsy living with family in mobile home sited on land in green belt – Planning permission refused for…
-
Lee v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning Gypsies
-
Local community benefits are irrelevant to issues of land use
In R (Wright) v Forest of Dean District Council [2016] EWHC 1349 (Admin), Mr Justice Dove had to answer the question whether or not an element of the package of…
-
Balancing exercise carried out by a planning inspector
In Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government v BDW [2016] EWCA Civ 493, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether an inspector deciding an appeal against a…
-
What constitutes “statutory incompatibility” when dealing with an application to register land as a green?
R (on the application of Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council [2015] UKSC 7; [2015] PLSCS confirmed that land is not eligible for registration as a…
-
BDW Trading Ltd (t/a David Wilson Homes (Central, Mercia and West Midlands)) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Appellant’s planning inspector refusing planning permission for residential development on grounds of conflict with development…
-
Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning – Enforcement notice – Appeal – Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Enforcement notice requiring cessation of use of restaurant premises as nightclub and drinking…
-
First challenge to mayor’s call-in powers
In R (on the application of Spitalfields Historic Trust Ltd) v Mayor of London [2016] EWHC 1006, the High Court has rejected the judicial review brought by Spitalfields Historic Trust…
-
Affordable housing exemption on small sites reintroduced
On 11 May 2016, the Court of Appeal gave a welcome decision for small site developers in relation to their affordable housing obligations