Town and country planning
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Durant and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning, Gypsies
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Durant and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Gypsies – Second defendant local planning authority refusing to grant fresh planning permission for use of land as gypsy caravan site –…
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R (on the application of Dudfield) v Forest of Dean District Council
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Permitted development rights – Defendant local planning authority granting interested party planning permission for construction of acoustic barriers, use of land for…
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Council loses fight on planning permission for green belt traveller site
In Thurrock Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC 200 Admin, the council under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990…
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Judge rejects challenge over inspector’s use of developer’s housing figures
In June 2014, HDD Burghfield Common Limited submitted an application for 129 dwellings at Firlands Farm in Burghfield Common. The local council refused the application in October 2014. However, the…
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Inspector held to have made factual mistake on heathland management mitigation for Special Area of Conservation
In Wealden District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2016] EWHC 247 (Admin); [2016] PLSCS 51, the High Court quashed an inspector’s decision to…
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Misconstruing of NPPF irrelevant to decision allowing green belt development
The Court of Appeal has taken a rare step in finding that a judge in the High Court had erred in the exercise of his discretion when concluding that a…
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Court of Appeal confirms approach to merits in enforcement cases
In Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWCA Civ 75; [2016] PLSCS 39 the Court of Appeal has confirmed the scope of appeals against “over…
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Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning – Enforcement notice – Appeal on ground (f) in section 174(2)(f) of Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Appellant claiming steps required by notice exceeding…
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Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning Enforcement notice
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Miaris v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Town and country planning – Enforcement notice – Appeal – Appellant challenging enforcement notice on ground that steps required exceeding those necessary to remedy injury to amenity – Appeal brought…