‘Manchester City Council has secured the confiscation of £174,074 from a company that owned a property used as an illegal shisha café in breach of a planning enforcement notice.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman who has lived on the same council estate for 30 years has taken developers and her local authority to the high court over plans to demolish her home.’
The Guardian, 9th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Luton Borough Council has defeated a developer’s challenge to a planning enforcement notice in the High Court.’
Local Government lawyer, 4th May 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who claims a five-metre branch fell from a tree and damaged his house has been told it is too valuable to be cut down.’
BBC News, 27th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A High Court judge recently found that a borough council fell into a number of legal errors when extending a conservation area to include a former department store that developers were seeking to demolish. Simon Ricketts examines the case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Roderick Morton reports on a High Court ruling that highlights the importance of checking implementation carefully where a developer claims to have permission.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Planned updates to the key policy document for nationally significant road and rail projects in England are a direct response to recent high-profile rulings on when officials must consider alternative approaches.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th April 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Climate campaigners have been refused a legal challenge against the Government over its decision to grant planning permission to a new coal mine in Cumbria.’
The Independent, 12th April 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has found that Spelthorne Borough Council fell into a number of legal errors when extending a conservation area to include a former department store that developers were seeking to demolish.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Harlow District Council has lost on all grounds in an attempt at the High Court to overturn a costs award made against it in a dispute over compulsory purchase.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A planning inspector’s decision has been quashed by the High Court in a dispute concerning Green Belt building and the unknown dimensions of a home that stood on the site before the present planning system took effect in 1948.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Plymouth City Council is facing calls for an independent inquiry into the decisions behind the night-time felling of 110 trees in the city centre.’
BBC News, 16th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Land which is subject to a statutory trust in favour of the public is held by a local authority for the purpose of the public’s enjoyment. In order for local authorities to dispose of this type of land they must comply with statutory consultation requirements. The issue raised by this appeal is what happens to the public’s rights to use this type of land when the local authority disposes of the land but fails to comply with the statutory requirements.’
UKSC Blog, 1st March 2023
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Plans to drill for gas in the Surrey Hills will be put under judicial review and could be stopped, after local campaigners took the government to the high court.’
The Guardian, 2nd March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘City of York Council has settled a wheelchair user’s judicial review claim, which argued the local authority’s pavement licensing policy was discriminatory.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Campaigners have won a supreme court appeal to stop houses being built on a park protected by a 100-year-old statutory trust in Shrewsbury, in a landmark ruling for the protection of green spaces.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man jailed for refusing to demolish a leisure complex built in his garden without planning permission has lost his appeal against his sentence.’
BBC News, 1st March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Maidstone Borough Council will have to reconsider a planning application after the Court of Appeal found the local authority misinterpreted its own planning policy on brownfield developments.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th February 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Wood burners have been in effect banned in new and refurbished buildings in London. New planning guidance announced by the mayor sets air pollution limits for home and office developments that would not be met if burners for wood or other solid fuels were installed.’
The Guardian, 8th February 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A landlord who put three flats into the basement of one of his properties in Camberwell has been ordered to pay more than £52,000 in illegal gains, fines and costs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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