High Court rules on the history of the caravan – Daily Telegraph
“A senior judge wrote a brief history of the caravan after the Court of Appeal ruled on a planning dispute.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: planning
Draft planning fees regulations laid before Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“Draft regulations which propose to allow local planning authorities to increase the fees they charge for planning applications have been laid before Parliament, but the cap on the maximum fees that can be charged remains the same.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd July 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Regina (Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council – WLR daily
“A local planning authority, when considering under section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 whether to revoke a planning permission it had previously granted, was entitled to have regard to the cost of the compensation it would have to pay to the developer out of public funds should it decide to revoke.”
WLR Daily, 18th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council – WLR Daily
G Hamilton (Tullochgribban Mains) Ltd v The Highland Council [2012] UKSC 31; [2012] WLR (D) 200
“The procedure by which a mineral site was listed by a local planning authority, pursuant to its statutory duty to review old planning permissions for mineral working, was administrative and preliminary in nature and the extent of the site listed was not definitively determined at that stage.”
WLR Daily, 11th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
High Court allows Islington development and dismisses Council’s appeal – OUT-LAW.com
“The London Borough of Islington has lost a legal challenge against a Planning Inspector’s decision to allow an appeal and grant planning permission for a large-scale multi-storey student development in north London.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court quashes decision to designate developer’s land as high risk flood zone – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has overturned a decision by the Environment Agency to designate land along a 36 mile stretch of the Manchester Ship Canal as a high risk flood zone.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Plans to regenerate London’s Crystal Palace Park upheld – The Independent
“Multi-million pound plans to regenerate historic Crystal Palace Park were upheld by the High Court today.”
The Independent, 12th June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rights to Light – Ancient & Modern – Hardwicke Chambers
“Easements to light are one of the oldest property rights and the principles are very entrenched. However a spate of controversial cases over recent years and general feeling of panic among developers has encouraged the Law Commission to investigate:
‘whether the law by which rights to light are acquired and enforced provides an appropriate balance between the important interests of landowners and the need to facilitate the appropriate development of land.’
This article provides a recap of the current law in relation to rights to light and touch upon some of the problems faced by developers and landowners alike.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 7th June 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle house campaigners win court ruling – BBC News
“A High Court judge has ruled that plans to develop the former home of Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ‘must be quashed.’ ”
BBC News, 30th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
High Court quashes Council’s Shepherd’s Bush Supplementary Planning Document – OUT-LAW.com
“A High Court Judge has quashed a London borough council’s adoption of a Supplementary Planning Document.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Anemometers and wind farms once more: PINS now win the day – UK Human Rights Blog
“I have previously posted on the decision leading to this successful appeal by the Planning Inspectorate, against an order that they produce their legal advice concerning a planning appeal. The decision of the First-Tier Tribunal in favour of disclosure was reversed by a strong Upper Tribunal, chaired by Carnwath LJ in his last outing before going to the Supreme Court. So the upshot is that PINS can retain whatever advice which led them to refuse this request for a public inquiry in a locally controversial case.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Barker v Hambleton District Council – WLR Daily
Barker v Hambleton District Council [2012] EWCA Civ 610; [2012] WLR (D) 149
“The time limit for making an application to the High Court in relation to a local development plan under section 113(4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ran from the date on which the plan was adopted by the local authority.”
WLR Daily, 9th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Court of Appeal allows demolition of “derelict” building – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Stockton Council to allow it to proceed with the demolition of Billington House, the former headquarters of chemical company ICI, and now a derelict office block.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Site allocation challenge failed – OUT-LAW.com
“A Yorkshire landowner Edward Barker has lost his challenge against Hambleton District Council’s decision not to allocate his land for housing development, because his claim was too late.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Forest of Dean faces Judicial Review of its Core Strategy – OUT-LAW.com
“Campaign group Friends of the Earth (FoE) has applied to the High Court to launch a legal challenge against the Forest of Dean District Council’s Core Strategy (CS) and Cinderford area action plan (AAP), which was adopted by the Council in February.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Court of Appeal allows Barratt Homes’ east London scheme – OUT-LAW.com
“The Court of Appeal has rejected a local resident’s claim that Southwark Council should have ensured that better and larger community facilities were provided as part of a local development and that this was a ‘substantive legitimate expectation’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Basingstoke loses Core Strategy and SHLAA High Court claim – OUT-LAW.com
“The High Court has ruled that Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council was wrong to exclude 809 hectares of land from its potential housing allocation sites in its emerging Core Strategy.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Local’s legal challenge to save badgers dismissed – OUT-LAW.com
“An environmental campaigner’s legal challenge to a housing development has failed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Another challenge to HS2 launched – OUT-LAW.com
“A further legal challenge has been launched against the Government’s decision to proceed with the proposed £33 billion High Speed 2 network, which will provide high speed rail links between major cities in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
