Court rejects challenge to cycle hire station – The Independent

Posted July 12th, 2010 in bicycles, judicial review, London, news, planning, transport by sally

“The High Court today rejected a bid to bring a legal challenge over London Mayor Boris Johnson’s flagship cycle hire scheme.”

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The Independent, 12th July 2010

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Villagers’ fury after High Court rules ‘travellers can build toilets on green belt land’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 2nd, 2010 in news, planning, travellers by sally

“Villagers who formed a human barricade to stop travellers building a caravan site near their homes have suffered a further blow after the High Court granted permission for diggers to be brought on to the land.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2010

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Prince of Wales intervention in Chelsea Barracks ‘unwelcome’ says judge – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 25th, 2010 in contracts, news, planning, royal family by sally

“The Candy Brothers have won their High Court bid to prove Qatari architects were wrong to withdraw plans for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks following an intervention by the Prince of Wales.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2010

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Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council – WLR Daily

Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608; [2010] WLR (D) 145

“A planning authority considering a development ostensibly affecting the species or habitat of a European Protected Species covered by the Habitats Directive was to have due regard to the requirements of the Directive, which could involve questions as to indirect, as well as direct, impact upon the species, and also deterioration or destruction of their breeding or resting place.”

WLR Daily, 11th June 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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‘Healthy’ school wins battle against local takeaway – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 14th, 2010 in food, health, local government, news, planning, school children by sally

“A school with a ‘healthy eating’ policy has won its High Court battle to prevent a fast food takeaway being set up nearby.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010

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Injunction over Meriden travellers’ site – BBC News

Posted May 21st, 2010 in injunctions, local government, news, planning, travellers by sally

“A High Court injunction has been won by a council to stop travellers building on land they own in a village.”

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BBC News, 21st May 2010

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R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council – WLR Daily

R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council [2010] UKSC 20; [2010] WLR (D) 123

“A planning authority, in considering the exercise of its compulsory purchase powers in relation to one site, was not entitled to take into account a commitment by a developer to secure the redevelopment of another unconnected site.”

WLR Daily, 13th May 2010

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Millionaire wins battle to build eco home on own island – The Independent

Posted April 29th, 2010 in appeals, environmental protection, housing, news, planning by sally

“A millionaire has won a fight with planners to build a luxury eco-home on his own south coast island.”

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The Independent, 29th April 2010

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Legal challenge to farmer’s green scheme in Talgarth – BBC News

Posted April 9th, 2010 in agriculture, energy, judicial review, news, planning by sally

“A national park has launched a legal challenge against the Welsh Assembly Government after it said a green energy plant could be built on a farm.”

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BBC News, 8th April 2010

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Supreme court preserves Coatham Common from housebuilding – The Guardian

Posted March 4th, 2010 in commons, news, planning, Supreme Court by sally

“Britain’s highest court today overturned a series of rulings and backed a campaign to save an undeveloped oasis on industrial Teesside as a village green.”

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The Guardian, 3rd March 2010

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Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 16th, 2010 in enforcement notices, housing, law reports, planning by sally

Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2010] EWHC 143 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 38

“Where the construction of an house without planning permission had been concealed by the erection of straw bales and a tarpaulin which had been left in place for over four years after the completion of the house, so that the local planning authority did not become aware of the house until after expiry of that four-year period, the totality of building operations originally contemplated and intended to be carried out by the builder included the erection and removal of the straw bales, with the result that construction had not been substantially completed until the bales had been removed and the four-year period for enforcement had not begun to run until that date.”

WLR Daily, 15th February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Farmer loses fight to save home he hid behind hay bales – The Guardian

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in housing, news, planning by sally

“A Englishman’s house may be his castle – but it stills needs to have planning permission, a farmer learned the hard way today.”

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The Guardian, 3rd February 2010

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Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in appeals, change of use, housing, law reports, planning by sally

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2010] EWCA Civ 26; [2010] WLR (D) 19

“Where planning permission had been granted for the erection of a building for storing agricultural products but the building after erection had been used only as a single dwellinghouse, there had been a change of use of the building to that of a dwellinghouse for the purposes of s 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and accordingly no enforcement action could be taken after the expiry of a 4–year period.”

WLR Daily, 2nd February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Regina (Boggis and Another) v Natural England – Times Law Reports

Posted December 8th, 2009 in law reports, planning, sites of special scientific interest by sally

Regina (Boggis and Another) v Natural England

Court of Appeal

“The notification of a site of special scientific interest by English Nature was not a plan or project requiring an assessment of its conservation implications on any special protection area which it might affect.”

The Times, 8th December 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Prince of Wales could be asked to appear in court over role in Chelsea Barracks row – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2009 in contracts, news, planning, royal family by sally

“The Prince of Wales could be asked to appear in court over his role in helping to block the £3 billion Chelsea Barracks housing scheme designed by Lord Rogers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2009

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R (Boggis) and another v Natural England – WLR Daily

R (Boggis) and another v Natural England [2009] EWCA Civ 1061; [2009] WLR (D) 304

“A notification pursuant to s 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 that an area of land was of special scientific interest did not constitute a ‘plan’ or a ‘project’ for the purposes of art 6(3) of Council Directive 92/43/EC (‘the Habitats Directive’) and so was not subject to an appropriate assessment of its conservation implications for any special protection area on which it was likely to have a significant effect.”

WLR Daily, 23rd October 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Man guilty of destroying bat site – BBC News

Posted October 2nd, 2009 in animals, news, planning, protected species by sally

“A planning consultant has been convicted of two charges of damaging or destroying the sites of protected bat species at a former hospital building.”

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BBC News, 2nd October 2009

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Supermarket ‘test rules’ tweaked – BBC News

Posted October 2nd, 2009 in competition, news, planning by sally

“The Competition Commission will press ahead with tougher planning hurdles to stop supermarkets dominating in a local area – but has revised its rules.”

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BBC News, 2nd October 2009

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Judge clears way for ‘blot on the landscape’ – The Independent

Posted September 21st, 2009 in news, planning by sally

“Objections to a 43-storey residential block on London’s South Bank were thrown out by a High Court Judge today.”

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The Independent, 18th September 2009

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Judge upholds tower block ruling – BBC News

Posted September 18th, 2009 in news, planning by sally

“A judge has upheld a government decision to allow construction of a controversial 43-storey tower block on London’s South Bank.”

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BBC News, 17th September 2009

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