Planning

Secretary of State confirms Aylesbury Estate Compulsory Purchase Order in Southwark

16.05.2013

A compulsory purchase of land at the Aylesbury Estate in the London Borough of Southwark, to facilitate development pursuant to the Council’s Area Action Plan and a planning permission granted [...]

18.04.2013

In allowing Bellway Homes (South East) Limited’s appeal for residential development on land at Billingshurst , the Inspector stated “Although the SEP has been revoked, its housing requirement figures are [...]

09.04.2013

An out of centre Tesco superstore has been refused permission on appeal despite an officer recommendation to approve. The Inspector agreed with the Council, and Asda (whose store anchors the [...]

15.03.2013

Daws Hill Neighbourhood Forum v. Wycombe DC, SoSCLG and Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd [2013] UKHC (Admin), Supperstone J. On 13 March 2013 the High Court decided that the discretion conferred [...]

08.03.2013

In an important decision on the correct approach to development affecting heritage assets, Mrs Justice Lang has struck down the decision of a planning inspector allowing a wind farm within [...]

08.03.2013

Morag Ellis QC has been listed in the Planning Magazine’s ’Power 100′; a list of the 100 individuals in the UK with the greatest influence over planning policy and decision [...]

27.02.2013

Inspector allows a further appeal by Caffe Nero, represented by James Findlay Q.C., in Marlborough and usefully analyses the extent to which weight should be given to an out of [...]

22.02.2013

In a rare joint challenge brought by East Northamptonshire District Council, English Heritage and the National Trust, the decision by an inspector to grant planning permission for a four-turbine wind [...]

20.02.2013

The Secretary of State has granted permission for 250 homes in the AONB on a green field site on the northern edge of Tetbury. This case involves issues of housing [...]

08.02.2013

On 7th February Mrs Justice Swift gave permission for a judicial review of the LB Richmond’s decision to decline to determine an application for planning permission under section 70A of [...]

08.02.2013

Mark Lowe QC, Estelle Dehon and Jack Parker have appeared in the Court of Appeal in Walsall MBC and Dartford BC v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local [...]

05.02.2013

Mark Lowe QC and Jack Parker, acting for Cardiff City Council in R(Western Power Distribution Investments Ltd) v Cardiff City Council [2013], appeared before Mr Justice Burton, in a JR [...]

01.02.2013

Mary Cook acted for the developer, Bellway Homes Limited, in a successful appeal against the refusal of planning permission by Aylesbury Vale District Council. The application concerned proposals for the [...]

28.01.2013

Where a planning appeal is quashed by the High Court, it is incapable of ever having had any legal effect upon the rights and duties of the parties. There is, [...]

28.01.2013

The High Court has quashed the grant of planning permission for a commercial scale windfarm on a site near Greatworth and Helmdon in the South Northants area. Following a public [...]

11.01.2013

2012/13 will see a conjoined planning inquiry into six applications for windfarms and powerlines in Wales. Powys County Council has instructed Philip Kolvin QC to represent it at the inquiry. [...]

11.01.2013

South Bucks District Council have successfully obtained a confiscation order for £33,600 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in respect of a car park operating unlawfully in the Green [...]

11.12.2012

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the activation of suspended sentences of imprisonment made in committal proceedings in a long running case concerning a major waste disposal [...]

11.12.2012

The High Court so held in giving judgment for the Appellant in Williams v SoS [2012] EWHC 3466 (Admin), a case which has taken over 2 ½ years to work [...]

07.12.2012

In East Northamptonshire District Council & Ors v SoS, which involved a challenge to the grant of planning permission for a wind farm brought by, inter alia, English Heritage and [...]

26.11.2012

The High Court has dismissed a challenge to a tree preservation order imposed by Wokingham Borough Council over an area of trees on a commercial fruit tree farm. The claim [...]

09.11.2012

Mark Lowe QC, instructed by Burges Salmon, has successfully won an appeal for 220 homes and 13,600 sqm of B8 floorspace on a redundant private sports field at the Invista [...]

09.11.2012

Richard Ground appeared for Monmouthshire County Council in successfully defending their decision to grant planning permission for demolition of an existing cattle market and construction of a Morrisons superstore and [...]

06.11.2012

Harriet Townsend has been appointed to the newly created Government panel of expert planning Mediators. The panel has been created as part of a Government sponsored project designed to unlock [...]

29.10.2012

Jonathan Clay (4Villages) and Asitha Ranatunga (South Norfolk DC) have successfully resisted a commercial wind farm scheme for 3 turbines (each 126m to blade tip) near Dickleburgh in South Norfolk. [...]

26.10.2012

R (oao Hughes) v. Carmarthenshire County Council, Taylor Wimpey and Charles Church Judicial reviews of 2 reserved matters approvals for major housing developments near Carmarthen Bay. The TW site was [...]

17.10.2012

Joyce v Epsom & Ewell Borough Council – Court of Appeal On 17 October the Court of Appeal reserved judgment in a case where a landowner is seeking to raise [...]

15.10.2012

A D Poulter, an Inspector appointed by the Welsh Ministers has delivered his decision dated 4 October in respect of an inquiry which sat on 19/06/12, 4-8/09/12, & 17/9/12 into [...]

08.10.2012

The Secretary of State has now redetermined the Barton Farm appeal decision (2 October 2012) and this time has accepted the Inspector’s recommendation that planning permission should be granted for [...]

27.09.2012

Mark Lowe QC and Wayne Beglan, instructed by Burges Salmon, appeared for the Mawle Trustees as the sole statutory objectors to the Cogges Link Road CPO inquiry at Witney last [...]

27.09.2012

Costs awards will follow where planning authorities refuse sustainable development. This was a non-determination appeal for 102 houses in Henfield in Horsham District. It was a greenfield, countryside, urban extension [...]

26.09.2012

London Irish RFC have been pursuing a campaign to remove from their present training ground and amateur playing ground in the built up area of Sunbury to a new purpose [...]

22.09.2012

Morag Ellis QC has been elected Chair of the Planning and Environment Bar Association. The appointment, which runs for 2 years, was made at a well-attended Annual General Meeting of [...]

13.08.2012

Planning permission has been refused with partial costs for the erection of four industrial sized glasshouses in the Manhood Pensinsula, West Sussex following an inquiry in which Mary Cook acted [...]

24.07.2012

Robin Green appeared for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council in an inquiry into whether permission should be granted for houses reaching level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes [...]

17.07.2012

An Inquiry has given the go ahead to plans to build 78 homes in a conservation area near Michaelston Road in Cardiff. The developers Charles Church were refused planning permission [...]

12.06.2012

The challenge to the planning permission granted by the Secretary of State for a major rejuvenation of Crystal Palace Park was rejected on all grounds by Mr Justice Keith in [...]

01.06.2012

James Findlay QC acted for Cafe Nero in a very full hearing in Skipton. The case was one of the first to deal with the crucial question of the proper [...]

17.05.2012

In one of the first retail appeal decisions to be considered against the NPPF, a Sainsburys scheme for an out of centre foodstore at Saffron Walden has been rejected by [...]

14.05.2012

The ripples caused by the Cala Homes litigation were considered by Foskett J in a challenge to the decision of the Secretary of State to refuse planning permission in an [...]

02.05.2012

Anthony Porten QC acted for a consortium of builders in a recent Village Green Inquiry which raises an important point of interest: issue estoppel. Mrs Malcolm applied originally in 2006 [...]

20.04.2012

Bell Cornwall Chartered Town Planners teamed up with Cornerstone Barristers to deliver a seminar considering the main themes of the Government’s planning reforms tailored to clients and consultants operating in [...]

16.04.2012

In one of the last ministerial planning decisions before the publishing of the National Planning Policy Framework, the Secretary of State has upheld the decision of Wycombe District Council to [...]

16.04.2012

The High Court, in a robust defence of local authority decision making, has dismissed an application for judicial review of Stafford Borough Council’s grant of planning permission for a slurry [...]

02.04.2012

Mark Lowe QC has been advising Network Rail in relation to their proposals to rebuild London Bridge Station. The proposal would create the largest station concourse in the UK. The [...]

02.04.2012

In a decision published on 26 March 2012, the Secretary of State granted permission to the Highway Authority to install four cattle grids in four strategic locations within Epping Forest. [...]

28.03.2012

The Planning Team at Cornerstone Barristers have reviewed the NPPF to look behind the headlines and general summaries to focus on six areas likely to be of general interest to [...]

27.03.2012

Steven Sauvain QC appeared for the Council in this important new case. The High Court (Ouseley J) quashed the decision to register Newhaven East Beach a a village green. The [...]

23.03.2012

The Secretary of State has announced his decision on the Hatchfield Farm appeal for an urban extension on the Earl of Derby’s land at Newmarket. The Secretary of State agreed [...]

21.03.2012

As you will no doubt have read by now, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is promised for next Tuesday 27 March. We will aim to publish a considered response on Wednesday [...]

21.03.2012

Further ripples from the Secretary of State’s attempted revocation of regional strategies. In Murphy v Secretary of State and Wycombe District Council the claimant has challenged the refusal of planning [...]

12.03.2012

The Withdean Stadium in Brighton is to be the subject of a planning judicial review again. John Catt, represented by Richard Buxton solicitors, has been given permission to challenge the [...]

08.03.2012

Basildon Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a 12 pitch site for Gypsies/ Travellers on land at Church Road, Laindon was upheld on appeal by the Secretary of State [...]

27.02.2012

The latest round of the Cala Homes saga unfolded in Cardiff on Valentines Day when the Secretary of State consented to judgment in the High Court challenge brought by Cala [...]

20.02.2012

A planning appeal was dismissed in Canterbury City Council for a housing development on a reserve site. The developer challenged the five year housing supply position which was unsuccessful and [...]

20.02.2012

Two members of Cornerstone Barristers have been separately instructed by local authorities to advise on the content of proposed Local Development Orders under section 61A of the Town and Country [...]

17.02.2012

…UK’s two tallest pylons approved. The Secretary of State for Climate Change and Energy has granted consent and a necessary way leave under the Electricity Act 1989 to allow National [...]

13.02.2012

Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery (Tadcaster) Limited v. Secretary of State for Energy and National Grid Electricity Transmission Systems Plc [2012] EWHC 46 (Admin) This was an appeal to the High [...]

09.02.2012

On 9 February 2012 the Secretary of State refused permission for a major Energy Recovery Facility at Twinwoods Business Park Bedfordshire. The decision considered the IPC’s development consent granted to [...]

03.02.2012

Members of chambers acted for Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd (M & W) the successful party in Hertfordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and [...]

28.01.2012

Residential redevelopment by Taylor Wimpey of the famous Stradey Park, former home of the Llanelli ‘Scarlets’, and a Persimmon development at Machynys West have both been given the go ahead [...]

27.01.2012

A housing development on the site of Llanelli’s former Stradey Park rugby ground is now free to go ahead following a High Court ruling. Developer Taylor Wimpey was originally granted [...]

27.01.2012

Melissa Murphy conducted a seminar on 26 January 2012 for the London Borough of Enfield on the subject of planning enforcement, focusing on the Localism Act; on Environmental Impact Assessment [...]

23.01.2012

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has rejected Shepperton Pinewood’s proposal to create a purpose built film industry community in the South Bucks Green Belt. The proposal [...]

17.01.2012

The Court of Appeal have dismissed a challenge on the law relating to town and village greens which, if successful, would have dramatically limited the ability of local residents to [...]

16.01.2012

Mark Lowe QC and Peter Miller, instructed by Beachcroft DAC for a consortium of landowners including Linden Homes and Network Rail, have succeeded in an application to quash the policies [...]

29.11.2011

The Supreme Court have refused permission to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal in R(on the application of Garner) v Elmbridge Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 891. [...]

16.09.2011

Out of Hours Emergency Injunctions Friday, September 16, 2011 For out of hours emergency injunctions for Planning (including travellers), Community Care and Housing: 1. Call the senior clerk, Martin [...]

01.07.2011

Planning Magazine’s Guide to Planning Lawyers 2011 Friday, July 01, 2011 Planning Magazine’s Guide to Planning Lawyers 2011 appears in the latest edition of Planning Magazine. 21 members of [...]

17.06.2011

Government nuclear policy and Nuclear Inspectorate concerns considered by Secretary of State in Call In Planning Decision Friday, June 17, 2011 The Secretary of State has announced his decision [...]

06.04.2011

Welwyn Hatfield Council v. SoSCLG & Beesley [2011] UKSC 15 Wednesday, April 06, 2011 UKSC: Lord Phillips (President), Lord Rodger, Lord Walker, Lady Hale, Lord Brown, Lord Mance and [...]

13.12.2010

Regional Strategies: In, Out, Shake it all about Monday, December 13, 2010 Following the quashing of the revocation of Regional Strategies in Cala (No. 1) the High Court is [...]

24.11.2010

Government nuclear policy and Nuclear Inspectorate objections considered at Call In Inquiry Wednesday, November 24, 2010 A call in planning inquiry, which opened in October, is considering an application [...]

23.07.2010

Requirements of Circular 05/05: Planning Obligations Friday, July 23, 2010 The Secretary of State has recently issued his decision on the planning appeal last year into major redevelopment proposals [...]

22.06.2010

Planning Magazine’s Guide to Planning Lawyers 2010 Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Planning Magazine’s Guide to Planning Lawyers 2010 appears in the latest edition of Planning Magazine with commentary from [...]

12.06.2010

PPS5 – “Planning for the Historic Environment” Saturday, June 12, 2010 On Wednesday 9th June, 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square and CgMs Consulting held a joint breakfast briefing on PPS5 [...]

25.02.2010

Late challenge to a planning permission; discontinuance and compensation Thursday, February 25, 2010 R (Usk Valley Conservation Group) v Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Thomas [2010] EWHC (Admin) [...]

10.09.2009

Development Corporation defeats Mega Church’s Olympic relocation bid on appeal Thursday, September 10, 2009 Mary Cook, assisted by Asitha Ranatunga recently received the Secretary of State’s DL dismissing an [...]

07.09.2009

Planning and Local Government issues for Wales Monday, September 07, 2009 Chambers was proud to host this essential guide to the latest Planning and Local Government legislative and policy [...]

10.08.2009

Settlements bar raiser Monday, August 10, 2009 Following his recent appointment to silk, Simon Bird QC is the focus of a recent article published in Planning Magazine. The article [...]

15.01.2009

Planning Issues Seminar Thursday, January 15, 2009 Chambers was proud to host this successful afternoon of talks for Local Authorities in association with Sharpe Pritchard aimed at Local Authority [...]

18.11.2008

Harmonising the voices Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Click here to read Morag Ellis’s September 2008 interview with Planning Magazine.

25.04.2008

Mary Cook has been named as Highest Rated Junior Planning Barrister 2008 Friday, April 25, 2008 Planning Magazine’s Legal Survey 2008 has just been published. We are delighted that [...]

09.01.2008

Court of Appeal Hat Trick Wednesday, January 09, 2008 The last few days of December saw members of Chambers in the Court of Appeal in three very different cases. [...]

01.12.2007

Permission granted for a new all-weather runway at Sywell Aerodrome Saturday, December 01, 2007 Anthony Porten QC and Michael Druce have successfully represented Sywell Aerodrome on appeal, obtaining permission [...]

24.09.2007

Croydon Gateway Monday, September 24, 2007 The public inquiry opened on the 18th September and is scheduled to run until November 2007. Mary Cook and Melissa Murphy are instructed [...]

19.09.2007

Wimpey appeal dismissed in Surrey Heath Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Harriet Townsend acted for Surrey Heath Borough Council in successfully resisting Wimpey’s appeal, in which planning permission was sought [...]

18.09.2007

Planning and Local Government Issues for Wales Tuesday, September 18, 2007 This well attended, and well received, seminar was held in City Hall, Cardiff on 17 September. The full [...]

16.08.2007

Infrastructure Planning Commission: the way forward? Thursday, August 16, 2007 A number of planning specialists, including Anthony Porten QC, met recently at a Henry Stewart conference to discus the [...]

24.07.2007

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club wins battle for planning permission Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Jonathan Clay, acting on behalf of his client Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, [...]

23.05.2007

Explaining Planning Traps to Householders Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Anthony Porten QC of 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square chaired this CLT Conference, providing guidance on what conveyancers need to know about [...]

01.05.2007

Arbour Square Planning Permission Secured Tuesday, May 01, 2007 At an Inquiry regarding the ‘Arbour Square’ site in Tower Hamlets, Michael Bedford has succeeded in securing planning permission for [...]

10.04.2007

PPS3 – A window of opportunity for housebuilders Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Johanna Boyd, in conjunction with Geoff Armstrong and Lynsey Rigg of DPP, Development Planning Partnership, has produced [...]

09.03.2007

Training Session for Kent Secretaries Friday, March 09, 2007 Kent Secretaries is the body representing local government lawyers in Kent and Medway and the London Boroughs of Bexley and [...]

02.03.2007

Annual Planning Conference – CLT Friday, March 02, 2007 Anthony Porten QC chaired the 7th CLT Annual Planning Conference which covered recent areas of change in Planning and provided guidance to [...]

02.10.2006

Mary Cook – Planning Junior of the year Monday, October 02, 2006 We are delighted to announce that Mary Cook won the Environment/Planning Junior title at the Chambers & [...]

18.09.2006

Planning Update Monday, September 18, 2006 We have just held our regular Planning Update session in Cardiff (we ran one in London earlier this year). We had ninety delegates [...]

Secretary of State confirms Aylesbury Estate Compulsory Purchase Order in Southwark

16.05.2013

Revocation of SEP does not necessarily mean that the evidence base is no longer applicable”

18.04.2013

Retail Impact decision against Tesco in Basingstoke

09.04.2013

LPA has a broad discretion to exclude specific sites from a Neighbourhood Area

15.03.2013

Judge quashes wind farm permission in case brought by local authority, English Heritage and the National Trust.

08.03.2013

Morag Ellis QC recognised in Planning Magazine 'Power 100'

08.03.2013

Inspector allows a further appeal by Caffe Nero

27.02.2013

Challenge to wind farm decision awaiting judgment

22.02.2013

Exceptional Circumstances for 250 Homes in AONB Permission Granted by Secretary of State

20.02.2013

Unreasonable decline?

08.02.2013

Court of Appeal declines to overturn rule that no right of appeal lies against refusal of leave to appeal Planning Inspector’s decision on a s. 174 enforcement notice appeal

08.02.2013

High Court underlines Breadth and Importance of s. 28G duty to further conservation and enhancement of environment in decisions affecting land

05.02.2013

Planning permission secured for 80 homes in Buckingham

01.02.2013

Re-determination – Material Considerations

28.01.2013

High Court quashes grant of permission for onshore windfarm

28.01.2013

Windfarms in Wales

11.01.2013

Planning and the Proceeds of Crime

11.01.2013

Court of Appeal dismisses appeal against the activation of suspended sentences in long-running waste disposal case

11.12.2012

Planning law accords with common sense!

11.12.2012

High Court judge recuses himself on the basis of his membership of English Heritage and National Trust

07.12.2012

Allegations of bias against planning committee chair rejected by High Court

26.11.2012

Successful appeal at Invista Factory

09.11.2012

Monmouthshire County Council upholds permission for superstore

09.11.2012

Appointment to Government Panel of Planning Mediators

06.11.2012

South Norfolk Wind Farm appeal dismissed

29.10.2012

Alive, alive O

26.10.2012

Proprietary Estoppel in the Court of Appeal

17.10.2012

Homebase appeal for Torfaen

15.10.2012

CALA: the Fat Lady Sings?

08.10.2012

CPO for Unsustainable By Pass Quashed despite PM’s support

27.09.2012

Henfield Inquiry

27.09.2012

London Irish secure new home at last

26.09.2012

Morag Ellis QC elected Chair of PEBA

22.09.2012

Planning inspector refuses permission for 21 hectares of glasshouses: Economic growth does not trump environmental harm under NPPF

13.08.2012

Planning inquiry into Code 5 homes

24.07.2012

Planning Inquiry paves way for much needed development in Cardiff.

17.07.2012

Crystal Palace Park rejuvenation challenge rejected

12.06.2012

NPPF and out of date planning policies

01.06.2012

Sainsburys Rebuffed in Saffron Walden

17.05.2012

No obligation on Secretary of State to reopen gypsy caravan site inquiry following reinstatement of Regional Strategy