“An application for permission to amend the grounds of an application under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which had been made after the expiry of the six-week period allowed by section 288(3) for the institution of section 288 proceedings was governed by CPR r 17.1(2), not by CPR r 17.4.”
WLR Daily, 5th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A decision by a Planning Inspector to grant permission for a residential development in Great Dunmow, Essex is set to be quashed following a High Court ruling that the appeal process had been unfair.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The judgment develops the growing body of case law surrounding planning consultants and both the substantive and costs judgments will be of interest to construction and costs practitioners alike. The case also raises interesting issues concerning exclusion clauses (including UCTA), limitation of liability, estoppel, waiver, extensions of time and the correct measure of loss.”
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4 New Square, 1st July 2013
Source: www.4newsquare.com
“Communities minister Eric Pickles is facing a legal challenge over his decision
to allow Tesco to build a huge superstore in ‘Portas Pilot’ Margate.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A judicial review is sought over plans for a tower block that critics say will harm views of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.”
BBC News, 19th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Controversial plans for a major extension to an airport which sits next to one of Britain’s most important nature reserves – as well as a nuclear power station – are to be challenged in court, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Government has rejected a recommendation in a planning guidance review by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor to immediately cancel all out-of-date guidance before new guidance is published.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A new law will make it harder for residents to use town and village green (TVG) laws to oppose the development of land, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The existence in English law of a ten year period after which a breach of planning control was no longer actionable was not incompatible with the terms of Council Directive 85/337/EEC (the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive).”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A High Court judge has opened the way for a City trader to build an underground
swimming pool at his London home, despite objections from a string of
high-profile neighbours, including Sir Victor Blank, the former banker, and
Richard Madeley, the television presenter.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Supreme Court, 24th April 2013
“The culture of using meritless judicial review applications to delay immigration decisions and hold up development will be attacked by new controls announced today by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Ministers are to unveil controls aimed at tackling judicial reviews in English courts that hold up building projects and delay immigration decisions.”
BBC News, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A council could not amend its wind turbine planning policy to ensure a larger ‘buffer zone’ between turbines and residential properties than that already set out in its local plan, the High Court has ruled.17 Apr 2013.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Wind energy developers are celebrating today after the high court ruled that Milton Keynes Borough Council’s attempts to impose a ‘buffer zone’ for new wind farm projects were unlawful.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As the judge explicitly recognised, this case raised the clash of two principles – how to resolve the policy-driven field of planning with the rights of family under Article 8 ECHR and of the child under Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Councils will be given stronger powers to stop illegal Travellers’ sites being set up, communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles has announced.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A command paper setting out the Government’s proposed strategy for the development of a high speed rail network followed after consultation by an announcement of decisions and next steps was not an administrative provision requiring a plan or programme necessitating an environmental assessment under the terms of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive 2001/42/EC.”
WLR Daily, 15th March 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Villagers who have spent almost three years blockading an illegal gipsy camp
declared victory after a High Court judge ordered the travellers to leave.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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