‘Campaigners will be blocked from “excessive” legal challenges to planning decisions for major infrastructure projects including airports, railways and nuclear power stations as part of the government’s drive for economic growth.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a Plaid Cymru councillor who challenged an order made by a High Court judge that Wrexham County Borough Council had no discretion but to adopt its local plan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The case of Melia v Tamlyn and Son Limited tackles several key issues in professional negligence, including the scope of duty post-MBS, approach to conflicts of evidence, and the significance of unlawful conduct.’
Hailsham Chambers, 4th December 2024
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘A High Court review into plans to build an incinerator near Dorset’s Unesco World Heritage site has been given permission to go ahead.’
BBC News, 17th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Test Valley Borough Council has lost a case in the Court of Appeal over the use of section 73 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The justice secretary has said even under the government’s plans to open 14,000 more prison places, they could still run out of space over the next few years.’
BBC News, 11th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of people have launched a legal challenge against plans to build homes on land between two protected commons.’
BBC News, 4th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The perception of harm has an important role to play as part of the consideration of a planning application, writes Anne Gerzon.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Roy Pinnock and Maria Polycarpou look at the need to strike a balance between efficiency and clarity when it comes to the use of AI in the field of planning.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Simon Barnes highlights the key aspects which are relevant to local government from the recent Court of Appeal judgment dismissing a challenge to a development consent order affecting Stonehenge.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The human race has always had an emotional attachment to trees. Trees live so much longer than a human lifespan that we imagine, perhaps sentimentally and fancifully, that they probably knew our ancestors and witnessed significant historical events. Certain familiar trees have become particular objects of affection. The wanton felling of the Gap Sycamore tree caused national outrage.’
Law & Religion UK, 22nd November 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘A High Court judge recently dismissed a statutory challenge brought by a town council over permission for a 146-home scheme, saying he did not have power to extend time for service. Alex Minhinick and Emily Kell-Rowan analyse the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court recently considered the scope of s70A Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Arevik Jackson looks at the lessons from the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Claimants should have fewer “bites at the cherry” when seeking permission for judicial review of development consent orders (DCOs) made under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime, an independent review by leading planning barrister Lord Charles Banner KC has recommended.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has handed jail sentences to a man and a woman who built an access point onto an A road without planning permission.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A legal challenge against the expansion of an oil-drilling site in North Lincolnshire is to be uncontested.’
BBC News, 24th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Housebuilder Cora Homes has won on one of four grounds in a planning appeal, with Mr Justice Mould ruling he could not say the decision of the inspector concerned would have been the same without the error made.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site, a conservation group aiming to protect the prehistoric structure, has failed in a judicial review challenge to the previous Government’s decision to approve a £2.5bn road scheme through the site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A deputy High Court judge has dismissed a statutory review challenge brought by a town council over a planning inspector’s grant of permission for a 146-dwelling scheme, after finding that the court had no power to extend time for service of proceedings after they were served late by the claimant’s solicitors.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Campaigners will be taking on Shropshire Council in the High Court as a seven-year dispute over an industrial-scale chicken farm continues.’
BBC News, 3rd october 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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