Town and country planning
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Gallagher Estates Ltd and another v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Town and country planning – National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) – Green belt – Appellant council adopting local plan following approval by planning inspector – Plan altering green belt boundaries…
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R (on the application of Larkfleet Homes Ltd) v Rutland County Council
Town and country planning – Development plan – Neighbourhood development plan – Defendant local authority deciding to allowing neighbourhood development plan (NDP) allocating three sites for residential development – Claimant…
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“Recovered appeals” and the role of the secretary of state
Section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the Act”) provides for a right of appeal to the secretary of state principally where a local planning authority refuses…
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Blight notices in operation
The issues in Joshua v London Borough of Southwark [2014] UKUT 0511 (LC); [2014] PLSCS 348 were restricted to the ascertainment of the open market value of the claimant’s leasehold…
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Where a planning appeal is dealt with by means of a hearing, strictly speaking objectors do not enjoy a formal right to be heard
Where the Planning Inspectorate decides that a planning appeal should be dealt with by means of a hearing, a much simpler procedure than that involved at an inquiry is adopted.…
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Vicente and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning Planning appeal
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The judicially approved approach to heritage assets – again
In R (on the application of Carnegie) v London Borough of Ealing (see PP 2014/185), the court helpfully summarised the principles that can be drawn from recent judicial dicta on…
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Protective costs orders in Aarhus Convention claims for statutory review where no EU Directive applies
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 introduced new rules, namely CPR 45.41 to 45.44, enabling the court to make a protective costs order in an Aarhus Convention claim for judicial…
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Failure on the part of a local planning authority to comply with the 2009 Direction
The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009 applies to specified categories of development in England. It obliges a local planning authority, having received an application for planning permission…
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The principles relating to the interpretation of a planning permission and its conditions
The main issue arising in R (on the application of XPL Ltd) v Harlow Council involved the interpretation of a condition attached to a planning permission