London Borough of Haringey v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2008] EWHC (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 145

“In holding that there were material considerations that warranted a departure from the claimant’s statutory development plan under s 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the inspector appointed by the first defendant had made a material error of fact amounting to an error in law when he granted planning permission under s 174(2)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to the second defendant for the unauthorised use for education, training and worship of a unit in premises within an area designated by the claimant in its development plan as a ‘defined employment area industrial location’.”

WLR Daily, 10th May 2008

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