NEWS
Feb 04, 2021
Court of Appeal hands down ruling on policy for development in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and presumption in favour of sustainable development
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) allows a council to reject a planning application because of an adverse impact on an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Feb 04, 2021
Council agrees to quashing of planning permission for 110,000-bird poultry farm: report
A local campaign group claims to have forced Powys County Council to reverse planning permission for a huge poultry farm after winning permission for a judicial review.
Feb 03, 2021
BBC fined £28,000 for recording part of hearing of legal challenge to grant by county council of planning permission for fracking
The BBC has been fined £28,000 after it made a video and audio recording of a half day’s hearing in the Planning Court.
Feb 02, 2021
Park authority obtains injunction after 12 oak trees felled in protected conservation area
The New Forest National Park Authority last month obtained a High Court injunction to prevent further damage to an area of protected woodland in the National Park.
Jan 28, 2021
Residents launch legal challenge over South Oxfordshire Local Plan
A local group has issued a legal claim to try to overturn South Oxfordshire District Council’s Local Plan, which was adopted under pressure from Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick.
Jan 28, 2021
Divisional Court rejects reasons given by magistrates for finding prosecution in planning enforcement case was within time limits
Reasons given by Reading Magistrates’ Court for deciding that the prosecution in a planning enforcement case had complied with the six months' time limit in s127 of Magistrates Courts Act 1980 cannot be upheld, the Divisional Court has ruled.
Jan 28, 2021
Council defeats Court of Appeal challenge over interpretation of paragraph 90 of National Planning Policy Framework on town centre vitality
Leeds City Council did not err when it gave planning permission for a large mixed-use retail-led development next to an Asda store, the Court of Appeal has found.
Jan 27, 2021
Planning barrister Juan Lopez joins 39 Essex Chambers
The planning, commercial and public law practices at 39 Essex Chambers have been bolstered by the arrival of Juan Lopez, who joins with immediate effect.
Jan 26, 2021
Supreme Court to consider whether claimants unsuccessful at permission stage of statutory and judicial review cases are liable for costs of multiple parties
The Supreme Court will this week hear a dispute over whether a claimant in statutory and judicial review cases who is unsuccessful at the permission stage should be liable for the costs of multiple other parties, including respondents and interested parties.
Jan 14, 2021
Developer loses Court of Appeal battle over whether 'tilted balance' applied to 50-home scheme
It was not unfair for a planning inspector to find that the ‘tilted balance’ did not apply to an application for a housing development, the Court of Appeal has ruled.