Town and country planning
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Written representations appeals and the requirement for procedural fairness
In Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government v Hopkins Developments Ltd, the Court of Appeal reviewed the principles of natural justice applying in planning appeal inquiries, particularly in…
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Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others
Town and country planning Enforcement notice
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Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others
Town and country planning – Enforcement notice – Appeal – Appellant appealing against decision to uphold enforcement notice – Whether requirements in notice exceeding steps necessary to remedy injury to…
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Valentino Plus Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others
Town and country planning – Lawful use certificate – Mixed use – Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (GPDO) – Application for certificate relating to change of…
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The final report of the examining inspector into the local planning authority’s emerging core strategy held to be a material consideration
It is clear from the decision in R (on the application of Kides) v South Cambridgeshire District Council [2002] EWCA Civ 1370 that the duty on the decision maker, in…
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An inspector’s power to vary an enforcement notice on appeal
Section 176(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 empowers an inspector to vary an enforcement notice on appeal, if he is satisfied that to do so would not…
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The correct test to apply when determining whether a mixed use subsists
In Westminster City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 482, the local planning authority (LPA) had earlier unsuccessfully challenged, under section 289 of…
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Westminster City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning Change of use
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Westminster City Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning – Change of use – Enforcement notice – Appellant issuing enforcement notice alleging breach of planning control by material change of use of premises from Class…
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Assets of community value and the community right to bid
The decision of the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) in Gibson v Babergh District Council [2015] UKFTT CR/2014/0019 (GRC) issues a reminder of the way in which scheme established by…
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R (on the application of Williams) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Town and country planning Time limits