“Hundreds of war memorials are at risk of being lost or damaged because planning laws fail to cover their preservation, according to a report published today.”
The Times, 6th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Gordon Brown’s controversial eco-towns plan could be unlawful, according to top QCs. The legal opinions cast fresh doubts on the Prime Minister’s plans for up to 10 of the towns across England.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Barnett v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Another
Court of Appeal
“Where full planning permission had been granted for the construction of buildings, the grant approved the application plans and drawings unless the permission expressly stated otherwise. The general rule in construing permissions to have regard only to the permission unless the ancillary plans and drawings had been expressly incorporated, applied only to outline planning permission.”
The Times, 30th March 2009
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Toni and Guy (South) Ltd and Another v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Queen’s Bench Division
“Where only part of a building was in such condition as to affect adversely the amenity of the area, the local planning authority had no power to serve a notice requiring the taking of remedial steps on those occupying other parts of the building.”
The Times, 27th March 2009
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Barnett v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another; [2009] WLR(D) 107
“The general rule in construing planning permission which was clear and unambiguous, to have regard only to the permission unless the planning application had been expressly incorporated, applied to outline planning permission. Where full planning permission was granted for the construction of buildings, the grant approved the application plans and drawings unless the grant expressly stated otherwise.”
WLR Daily, 24th March 2009
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“When planning permission was granted for a change of use, a condition could be imposed which would have the effect of regulating the permission in order to control any future expansion of the use by way of intensification, and only if such a condition allowed intensification to the extent of there being a material change of use would it be unlawful; nor did the use of the term ‘static’ caravan render a condition void for uncertainty or contrary to the Secretary of State’s policy.
WLR Daily, 23rd March 2009
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“Campaigners have lost their High Court battle to block the expansion of Stansted Airport.”
The Times, 13th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Plans for an expansion of Stansted Airport in Essex which were given the go-ahead by the government are facing a High Court challenge.”
BBC News, 24th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court is expected to rule later on a legal challenge to the government’s flagship eco-towns scheme.”
BBC News, 27th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Proposals to save businesses and councils £300m a year by cutting red tape in the planning application process will be set out today in a review published alongside the Pre-Budget Report.”
The Independent, 24th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An attempt began yesterday to stop a patch of land described as one of the country’s top three insect homes being turned into a lorry park and warehouse.”
The Times, 19th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A pensioner who revamped her cottage by painting it blue has been threatened with legal action unless she returns it to its original shade of yellow.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th Octiber 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A council will not fight a legal challenge by travellers over a building at the Dale Farm site in Essex.”
BBC News, 26th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Davies) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Queen’s Bench Division
“There was a need to introduce a requirement that claimants who wished to make a challenge under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 should have to obtain the court’s permission to do so.”
The Times, 15th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“The government is to propose changing planning law to disperse student populations and end the ‘studentification’ of university towns.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“From next month, most families seeking to make better use of their attics will not need to clear it with their local council, under proposals to be put through Parliament.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council
Court of Appeal
“Where a local authority compulsorily purchased a public open space after refusing the landowner’s application for housing development, the Lands Tribunal had to value the land on the basis that planning permission had been granted for the housing development.”
The Times, 28th August 2008
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Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council; [2008] WLR (D) 286
“On the proper interpretation of ss 14(1) and 15 (3) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 the amount of compensation payable for compulsory acquisition of vacant land on which Victorian houses had stood prior to their destruction during the Second World War should be based on the assumption that planning permission had been granted for specified development even though planning permission for such development had in fact been refused.”
WLR Daily, 5th August 2008
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