Town and country planning
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Clyde & Co v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Planning permission cannot be refused merely to encourage retention of an existing use–If from a planning point of view flats might just as well be offices, permission for offices must…
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Tidswell v Secretary of State for the Environment
Enforcement notice–Planning authority has only to look at what has been done and what planning permissions have been granted–Authority need not ask itself whether the developer may be able to…
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Joyce Shopfitters Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Enforcement notice–Use of major part of site for industrial purposes established by 1963–Secretary of State can require owners to pull down extensions built since then, but cannot prohibit industrial use…
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Jennings Motors Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — Secretary of State’s decision to uphold enforcement notice challenged — Discussion of theories of ‘new planning unit’ and ‘new chapter in planning history’…
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Carpet Decor (Guilford) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1972 — Appeal against a decision of inspector dismissing appeal against enforcement notice served by planning…
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Philglow Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — Appeal by landowners (after considerable previous litigation) from a decision of Woolf J dismissing complaints against a decision of the Secretary of State…
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Slough Estates plc and others v Welwyn Hatfield District Council and another
Development of sites HC and G — Local planning authority in favour of both developments — Authority owning interest in site G and representing existence of tenant mix agreement to…
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Price Bros (Rode Heath) Ltd and another v Department of the Environment
Town and country planning–Action for declaration against Department of the Environment–Unusual procedure–Questions raised as to position following a decision by Ackner J quashing a decision of the Secretary of State…
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Camden London Borough v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971–Appeal by planning authority against decision of Secretary of State excluding part of the ground floor of a property from an enforcement notice served by…
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Maidstone Borough Council v Mortimer
Town and Country Planning Act 1971, section 102(1)–Alleged contravention of tree preservation order–Whether knowledge of the existence of order is an essential ingredient in the offence–Respondent, a tree feller by…
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Wyre Forest District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971 — Caravan — Enforcement notices alleging breach of planning control — Whether chalet a caravan for this purpose — Whether enlarged definition of caravan…
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Bradford City Metropolitan Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Town and Country Planning Act 1971–Application by planning authority under section 245 to quash decision of Secretary of State discharging a condition attached to a planning consent–Condition required the widening…