Town and country planning
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Turner v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning – Green belt – Planning permission refused for appellant’s proposed development of residential bungalow on green belt land – Land already occupied by mobile home and…
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Turner v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning Green belt
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R (on the application of Blackpool Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning Heritage assets
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R (on the application of Blackpool Borough Council) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Heritage asset – Claimant local planning authority applying to quash decision of inspector appointed by first defendant secretary of state granting planning…
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Troubled waters – equalities duty and alternative sites failings fatal
In LDRA Ltd and other v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2016] EWHC 950 the High Court quashed an inspector’s decision to grant permission on…
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You only get what you ask for – High Court confirms approach to unauthorised building immunity
In R (on the application of Waters) v Breckland District Council [2016] EWHC 951 (Admin) the High Court considered whether a planning authority determining an application for a certificate of…
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Magistrates’ Court told to reconsider approach to enforcement appeal
In London Borough of Newham v Miah and another [2016] EWHC 1043 (Admin) the High Court considered the grounds for challenging an enforcement notice (EN) where defects in service are…
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Rebranding the Broads as a National Park
In R (on the application of Harris) v Broads Authority [2016] EWHC 799 (Admin), the residents of the Broads applied for judicial review of a resolution by the Broads Authority…
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Unacceptable loss of employment land
In St Modwen Developments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2016] EWHC 968 (Admin), the High Court has agreed with a planning inspector’s conclusion…
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Challenge to permission for three-turbine electricity generation facility next to River Thames
The two claimants, Lensbury and Pinenorth, who either own or have interests in land near the site, sought to challenge the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames’ grant of planning…
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CIL and development plans
In Oxted Residential Ltd v Tandridge District Council [2016] EWCA Civ 414 the Court of Appeal had to answer the question whether it was lawful for the local planning authority…
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EIA Directive and Public Finance Initiative projects
Gilbart J has handed down judgment in the high profile judicial review case of R (on the application of Dillner) v Sheffield City Council [2016] EWHC 945 (Admin) following a…