‘Broadcaster Chris Packham is to seek permission to appeal a Divisional Court ruling that dismissed his review challenge over the Transport Secretary’s decision to continue with the HS2 rail project.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A campaign group opposed to a large development in Dorset has partially won its case at judicial review but been granted no relief.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) acted irrationally and put a council in an impossible position when it ordered it to issue a caravan site licence, the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has decided.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected an appeal by a developer over a building described by a planning inspector as “a brilliant response to its context”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The owner of a field that was compulsorily acquired to provide land for the construction of a link road has lost his appeal over the certificate of appropriate alternative development he was given.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Tower Hamlets last week launched a legal challenge to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s decision to grant planning permission for the Westferry Printworks site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 21 June 2019, the Mayor of London granted planning permission for a significant and controversial development, on land at the Kensington Forum Hotel, 97-109 Cromwell Road, London, SW7 4DN. The scheme, designed by Simpson Haugh, included a 30 storey tower, which would have been the tallest in Kensington, and provided a 749 bed hotel and 402 residential units in South Kensington. However, following a judicial review brought by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the High Court has quashed the planning permission, after the Mayor of London conceded that the decision to grant the permission was motivated by an improper purpose; namely frustrating the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government.’
Francis Taylor Building, 16th March 2020
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
‘A Court of Appeal judge has criticised the way a case was brought that sought to challenge a ruling over a development in Wakefield.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected a developer’s application for summary judgment of its claim for a declaration that residential development of land in Holt, Norfolk was not bound by obligations contained in a section 106 agreement.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court will this week hear a dispute over whether a pair of 18th century lead urns resting on limestone piers were “buildings” on an application for listed building consent.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A recent decision of Mr Justice Swift in the Planning Court will have a significant impact on the manner in which a Community Infrastructure Levy (“CIL”) is challenged and the stance taken by authorities in rebutting such challenges, writes Christopher Cant.’
Local Government Lawyer , 6th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Airport expansion has taken a long and winding road, not least at Heathrow. But the proponents of the 3rd runway at Heathrow would have been heartened by the Secretary of State’s decision in June 2018 to set out a policy which preferred Heathrow over Gatwick and which was designed to steer planning processes thereafter in support of the new runway.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th February 2020
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling.’
BBC News, 27th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is set to make a ruling over Heathrow’s expansion in a case described by green groups as massively significant. Judges will decide whether Heathrow’s expansion plans took into account climate change commitments.’
BBC News, 27th February 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has granted permission for a planning judicial review challenge in part over an alleged breach of the public sector equality duty, Landmark Chambers has reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The statistics are against allowed appeals at the moment. Positive decisions from PINS on housing appeals are down. Appeals are failing in particular on heritage related matters. It is therefore critical in my view to neutralise as many issues as early as possible. And to be clear about the real focus from the outset. This appeal had ‘a full house’ when it came to an array of concerns, and some were heard through a round-table forum, making it hard to test assertions, particularly from members of the public.’
No. 5 Chambers, 17th February 2020
Source: www.no5.com
‘Luton Council is to bring a judicial review of Central Bedfordshire Council’s decision to approve an application for a new link road after it says local plan examination inspectors’ letters calling the plan into question were not properly considered.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Towards the end of last year, the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) determined an appeal by the owner of a 46-acre greenfield site against the decision of the local authority, Winchester City Council, to list the land as an Asset of Community Value (‘ACV’).’
Exchange Chambers, 12th February 2020
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
‘Inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved except in very special circumstances (NPPF paragraph 143).’
Exchange Chambers, 12th February 2020
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
‘The provisions in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 which permit changes of use from office to residential have been controversial, particularly in parts of the south of England where many local authorities fear the effects upon the supply of office accommodation in their areas. As a result, a number of authorities have exercised the powers in Article 4 of the Order to withdraw the rights from parts of their areas. A recent case in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) illustrates the issues involved where a Council adopts a different approach by attempting to rely on its rights as landlord to enforce leasehold restrictive covenants to prevent the implementation of a change of use proposal.’
Exchange Chambers, 12th February 2020
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
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