‘The UK government has extended its scrutiny of planning appeals involving housing development in neighbourhood planning areas, but the thresholds for the recovery of such appeals have been altered.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Anti-fracking campaigners have applied for judicial review of a council’s decision to allow use of the gas extraction technique in North Yorkshire.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A farmer who built a mock Tudor castle without planning consent and hid it behind hay bales says he has no regrets after following orders to demolish it.’
BBC News, 30th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Cooper) v Ashford Borough Council: [2016] EWHC 1525 (Admin)
‘The claimant sought judicial review of the grant of planning permission by the local planning authority for four gipsy pitches and associated development at a site, on the ground, inter alia, that the local authority had erred in failing to have regard to a material consideration, namely that the grant of permission would set a precedent for the development of further gipsy and traveller sites causing cumulative harm to the semi-natural ancient woodland in the area.’
WLR Daily, 24th June 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A Deputy High Court judge has quashed a council’s grant of planning permission for a change of use of land from grazing to residential for a gypsy caravan and a touring caravan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A local planning authority in England was not entitled to take into account the fact that a portion of the profits from a new wind turbine would be donated to local good causes when deciding whether to grant planning permission, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A Local Government Ombudsman investigation has found that the London Borough of Hackney had a backlog of 1,500 planning enforcement cases, some of them 15 years old.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘London’s longest running mega-basement dispute could last a decade in a row over a £28 million pound Kensington property formerly owned by a fraudster.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A county council has failed in a High Court challenge to an inspector’s decision to register part of land near a primary school as a village green.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘“Fracking”, or rather hydraulic fracturing is a subject that fosters great passion and concern in many. The word “frak” was recently used as an expletive in a remake of a 1970’s television classic, to replace another well known Anglo-Saxon curse, and in Swedish fräck means “audacious”, “shameless” or “bold”.’
The 36 Group, April 2016
Source: www.36group.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected Spitalfields Historic Trust Ltd’s judicial review claim against a planning permission decision by previous London mayor Boris Johnson.’
OUT-LAW.com, 26th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The two councils that challenged a Government policy on affordable housing and small-scale sites have defended their decision to bring legal action, after a minister claimed the proceedings were “a total waste of taxpayers’ money”.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Queen has announced the government’s legislation for the year ahead, at the state opening of Parliament. Here is a bill-by-bill guide to what is in the 2016 Queen’s Speech.’
BBC News, 18th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government’s Housing and Planning Bill has been listed to receive Royal Assent today (12 May).’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th May 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a judicial review challenge to the decision of a local authority to use its planning enforcement powers to clear agricultural land in the Green Belt of caravans occupied by Romany Gypsies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th May 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In this year of momentous anniversaries the planning system has reached a modest milestone. 25 years (or, perhaps, a generation) has now passed since the enactment of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. So it is worth while taking stock, reflecting, and asking: Has the 1990 Act stood the test of time?’
Radcliffe Chambers, 22nd April 2016
Source: www.radcliffechambers.com
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down a key ruling on the meaning of “inappropriate development” in the Green Belt.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th April 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ejusdem generis has no place in the interpretation of planning conditions, the Court of Appeal has held in R (XPL Ltd) v Harlow Council [2016] EWCA Civ 378, a Judgment on 15 April 2016 on appeal from a first instance decision on 28 November 2014 with respect to a breach of condition notice served by the Council on 3 June 2014.’
Local Government Law, 19th April 2016
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