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Harriet specialises in planning and environment law, with a public law practice in local authority powers and duties, and related property matters.
Harriet's clients include individuals, public authorities, planning consultants, developers, and solicitors working throughout England and Wales.
Harriet specialises in planning and environment law, with a public law practice in local authority powers and duties, and related property matters.
She is "a knowledgeable and thorough junior" who "makes sure there is a team ethic" [2016] and "provides clear and practical advice" [2015] - Chambers & Partners Directory. She is "both thorough and calm under pressure" - Legal 500 2016.
Harriet's clients include individuals, public authorities, planning consultants, developers, and solicitors working throughout England and Wales. Her practice includes:
• Judicial review and statutory appeals to the High Court;
• Planning and enforcement appeals;
• Compulsory purchase and compensation;
• Significant and sensitive heritage projects;
• Development Plan preparation and strategic environmental protection;
• Brownfield development and contaminated land issues;
• Strategic advice on project planning and any legal requirements related, for example, to Environmental Impact Assessment;
• A wide range of environmental law work, including protection of habitats and species;
• Highways and rights of way (public and private);
• Enforcement of planning and other environmental offences;
• Local authority powers and duties including questions of conduct, bias, and maladministration;
• Mediation, as advocate and as mediator.
Harriet is BSc(Hons) in Mathematics and Economics, 1st Class, and was called to the Bar in 1992.
"She has excellent knowledge of planning and environmental law. A very surefooted advocate who is without arrogance. She shows good judgement when presenting cases and is very thorough in her preparation." Chambers & Partners 2017
"A wonderful barrister, who is calm, fabulous with clients, fiercely bright and a great advocate." Legal 500 2016
"A knowledgeable and thorough junior" who "makes sure there is a team ethic" - Chambers & Partners 2016
"An excellent advocate at public inquiries; she sees the wood from the trees." Legal 500 2016
Harriet "provides clear and practical advice" - Chambers & Partners 2015
Harriet is "thorough and calm under pressure" – Legal 500 2016
Harriet is a barrister with over twenty years' experience. She is quick and flexible to respond to instructions, she is informal with her clients, and she has the necessary steel for big cases and powerful opponents.
A recent client described Harriet's closing speech as "one of the most clinical eviscerations I have ever heard." Of course, not every case requires such an approach.
She has specific experience of most of the technically complex issues in planning including
• Housing land supply;
• Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment;
• Compulsory purchase and compensation;
• The Community Infrastructure Levy;
• Contempt of court – and planning injunctions;
• Green belt policy;
• Viability assessments;
• Human rights;
• Waste management and disposal;
• Drainage and flood risk;
• ROMP applications;
• Gypsy and traveller site provision – as promoter, objector, and local authority.
Environmental work outside the planning field includes
• The Aarhus Convention and environmental information;
• Local authority duties re contaminated land;
• actions for nuisance (including mediation);
• noise abatement notice appeals;
• Regulatory crime.
Most of Harriet's recent inquiry work has concerned highly contentious major residential development proposals.It also includes contentious heritage development proposals, including the Urgent Works Notices and CPO of the Grade II* former North Wales Hospital, Denbigh; and she works on small scale proposals in sensitive locations which raise challenging legal and planning issues, for example basement development in central London, river-edge development adjoining the Thames, and assets of community value.
Harriet frequently appears in the Planning Court (part of the Administrative Court where all judicial reviews are heard), and will guide clients through the procedures of any public law matter.
Harriet "gets on well with the client, provides clear and practical advice, and knows how local government works." (Chambers and Partners 2014).
More specifically, Harriet's work includes:
• Procedural and substantive advice on matters such as expedition, Interim relief, costs protection, settlement, and costs only proceedings;
• Information and data protection law, including disclosure issues in public law proceedings;
• Compulsory purchase powers and related inquiries – for planning, housing, highways, heritage and regeneration purposes;
• Compensation arising from the exercise of compulsory purchase and other statutory powers;
• Bias, discrimination, and other public authority conduct issues including maladministration and misfeasance in public office;
• Local authority powers relating to property - appropriation and disposal;
• Public rights of way, including definitive map modification order inquiries;
• Human rights;
• The law of commons, and village greens.
In a recent case, Freemont v Welsh Ministers, Harriet defended the conduct of a local authority against allegations of fraud, a claim found to be totally without merit.
Harriet has worked with local authorities and others on the promotion and assessment of energy development. Her energy sector experience includes:
1st September 2015
Cornerstone on the Planning Court, the definitive guide to the new Planning Court produced by Cornerstone Barristers, is now available to buy online and in book shops.
Edited by Tom Cosgrove and written by members of the Cornerstone Planning Team, the guide is the first of its kind to analyse the procedures and work of the Planning Court which was introduced in April 2014.
Designed to be practical and accessible, it is the essential reference for all those who are involved in bringing or defending claims in the Court, and those who have an interest in the broad range of claims that now fall within the Court's remit. The guide will be of particular use to those instructing solicitors and barristers in planning related matters such as planning consultancies, development companies, pressure groups and individuals, as well as solicitors, professional planning bodies and local authorities.
Contributors to Cornerstone on the Planning Court include Michael Bedford QC, Josef Cannon, Estelle Dehon, Emma Dring, James Findlay QC, Robin Green, Mark Lowe QC, Jack Parker, Clare Parry, Asitha Ranatunga and Robert Williams.
For further information on Cornerstone on the Planning Court or to purchase a copy, click here.
1st September 2015
Edited by Philip Kolvin QC, Head of Cornerstone Barristers, and written by members of Chambers, Cornerstone on Councillors' Conduct identifies and explains the standards that govern the conduct of those elected to Local Government in England and Wales.
Contributors to Cornerstone on Councillors' Conduct include: James Findlay QC, Philip Coppel QC, Robin Green, Harriet Townsend, Wayne Beglan, Damien Welfare, Estelle Dehon, Ryan Kohli, Robert Williams, Emma Dring, Zoe Whittington, Jack Parker and Matt Lewin.
The book has been designed as a readable, practical guide for all those involved in local government, including officers, councillors, monitoring officers and lawyers.
With the foreword kindly contributed by Cllr David Sparks, the Chairman of the Local Government Association, topics considered within the guide include:
Reviews include:
Cornerstone Barristers has produced a "book which is not only extremely useful from a professional standpoint, but it is also eminently readable." It "is not just a handy reference book to Councillors' conduct: it is an indispensable guide and should be the first port of call when questions arise." James Button and Co-Bulletin
The publication"skilfully navigates its way through the dense and dangerous jungle of intervening statutory, guidance, caselaw and other foliage from the former Standards Board regime (following the Donnygate scandal) to the present slimmed-down but imperfect present." Nicholas Dobson, a Consultant with Freeths LLP writing for Local Government Lawyer
Click here to purchase a copy.
Philip Kolvin QC discusses the issues confronting local councillors and the need for a consistent approach to standards of conduct in an interview with Bloomsbury Professional.
1st December 2012
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1st January 2010
Specialist contributing editor on Local Government Law and Planning Law for Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law (3rd edition, 2010)
1st January 2009
Article published in the Environmental Law Review, The climate change act 2008 — will it do the trick?, 2009 Enviro LR 11 2 (116)
1st January 2009
Article published in the Journal of Planning and Environment Law, 2009, entitled The Climate Change Act 2008: Something to be Proud of After All? [2009] JPL 842. Click here for the full text article.
This material was first published by Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited in Journal of Planning and Environment Law, "The Climate Change Act 2008: Something to be Proud of After All?" by Harriet Townsend [2009] J.P.L. 842, and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.
1st April 2008
Article published in the Journal of Planning and Environment Law, April 2008, entitled The Climate Change Bill 4 JPL 2008, 450. Click here for the full text article.
This material was first published by Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited in Journal of Planning and Environment Law, "The Climate Change Bill" by Harriet Townsend [2009] J.P.L. 450, and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.
1st November 2007
Article published in Croner's Environment Magazine (November 2007) entitled Climate Change Bill. Click here for the article as published by Croner's Environment Magazine, November 2007.
1st January 2005
Editor of Atkins Court Forms on Licensing 2005.
Harriet offers the full range of services of any independent barrister, namely
• the provision of legal advice,
• strategic and tactical guidance on procedure and the conduct of contentious cases,
• advocacy in courts and tribunal.
Her work takes her across the length and breadth of England and Wales (she enjoys travelling, whether to meet a client or to appear in court).
In addition, Harriet:
• accepts instructions direct and, if a case requires a solicitor, she can help in finding the right solicitor for the job;
• regularly speaks at seminars organised by Cornerstone (in London, Cardiff, and Birmingham), and by the RTPI, NCT and others;
• Delivers professional training on subjects such as local authority conduct issues in decision making, and environmental impact assessment;
• Is a trained mediator with positive experience of acting both as mediator and advocate in environmental disputes.
• Planning and Environment Bar Association (PEBA), former committee member
• Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
• United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
• Compulsory Purchase Association (CPA)
• National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA)
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Brexit: Planning and the Environment Outside the EU
6th July 2016
The UK vote to leave the European Union raises significant questions around the potential impact on our domestic legislation. EU law is deeply embedded in our planning and environmental protection regimes.....News
Affordable housing policy exclusions small sites, and vacant building credit
16th May 2016
On Wednesday 11th May the Court of Appeal allowed the Government's appeal on all four grounds against Mr Justice Holgate's judgment in West Berkshire District Council and Reading Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 2222 (Admin).
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council (Millora Works) Compulsory Purchase Order 2015 inquiry
1st May 2016
Great Yarmouth Borough Council (Millora Works) Compulsory Purchase Order 2015 inquiry (May 2016) representing acquiring authority. Inquiry deferred to enable settlement of objection by the owner of the land, an....Case
Taylor Wimpey planning inquiry
24th April 2016
Taylor Wimpey planning inquiry (conjoined), residential development of land at Fairfield Road, Framlingham, representing local planning authority. Decision letter of Inspector John Braithwaite dated 24 April 2016. Issues: housing land....Case
24th April 2016
Persimmon planning inquiry (conjoined), residential development of land at Mount Pleasant, Framlingham, representing local planning authority. Decision letter of Inspector John Braithwaite dated 24 April 2016. Issues: housing land supply,....Case
Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd v Denbighshire County Council
1st April 2016
Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd v Denbighshire County Council, April 2016, FDL's appeal to the First Tier Tribunal from a decision of the Information Commissioner under section 57 of the Freedom of....Case
Listed building challenges ruled Totally Without Merit
11th March 2016
Mr Justice Hickinbottom gave judgment yesterday in two related challenges to public law decisions of the Welsh Government concerning the Grade II* listed former North Wales Hospital, Denbigh. This stunning Tudorbethan building has been allowed to fall into a state of abject dereliction by its owner, Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd.
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Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd v Welsh Ministers and Denbighshire County Council
11th March 2016
Freemont (Denbigh) Ltd v Welsh Ministers and Denbighshire County Council [2016] EWHC 482 (Admin), Hickinbottom J's judgment following a joint hearing of two matters, both dismissed and ruled totally without....Case
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea v SSCLG and M Harold
1st March 2016
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea v SSCLG and M Harold [2016] EWHC 703 (Admin), representing the developer in a section 288 challenge by the local planning authority. 3 storey....Case
Crest Nicholson planning inquiry
24th February 2016
Crest Nicholson planning inquiry, residential development of land at Chestnut Park, Kingswood, Glos, representing Kingswood Parish Council, objecting to the application. Decision letter of Inspector Harold Stephens dated 24 February....Case
25th January 2016
Owner's planning appeal, 23 Redesdale Street SW3, against refusal by RBKC of planning permission to return a house divided into flats into a single family dwelling house, representing the owner.....News
Cornerstone Annual Planning Day
17th November 2015
"From Green to Blue – planning under the Conservatives" The Cornerstone Annual Planning Day, which took place on 16th November at the Royal College of Surgeons, saw a number of planning consultants, solicitors and....Case
Going underground - High Court shines a light on basement development rights
8th October 2015
In the face of rising property prices and a limited supply of land, particularly in central London, the creation of a basement below your property has become one of the most attractive options for extending your home.
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29th September 2015
Denbighshire County Council (Denbigh Hospital) Compulsory Purchase Order 2014 made under section 47 of the Listed Buildings Act confirmed by the Welsh Ministers. Owner a company registered in BVI. Harriet....Case
2nd September 2015
Taggs Boatyard planning appeal hearing, renewal and investment in boatyard funded by residential development, representing appellant. Issues: views along the Thames, noise and disturbance and loss of daylight to neighbours,....Case
R (Hubert) v Carmarthenshire County Council
11th August 2015
R (Hubert) v Carmarthenshire County Council [2015] EWHC 2327 (Admin) Cranston J - judicial review of the grant of planning permission for a wind turbine.....Case
Denbigh Hospital Urgent Works Notice
7th August 2015
Denbigh Hospital Urgent Works Notice: Appeals by owner under section 55 of the Listed Buildings Act against demands for payment rejected by Welsh Ministers. Harriet Townsend represented the local planning....Case
Down is out in Kensington and Chelsea?
24th July 2015
Yesterday, in Lisle-Mainwaring and Force Foundations v Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea [2015] EWHC 2105 (Admin), Mrs Justice Lang dismissed an application to quash the recently adopted Core Strategy policy governing basement development in Kensington and Chelsea.
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Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring and Force Foundations Ltd v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
23rd July 2015
Zipporah Lisle-Mainwaring and Force Foundations Ltd v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2015] EWHC 2105 (Admin) Lang J – s.113 challenge to Core Strategy review, representing Claimants led by....News
Cornerstone on Councillors’ Conduct
26th June 2015
Cornerstone on Councillors' Conduct, the definitive guide to local government standards, produced by Cornerstone Barristers, goes on sale today.
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R (Williams) v Cardiff County Council
18th June 2015
R (Williams) v Cardiff County Council [2015] Gilbart J - judicial review of the grant of planning permission for a major residential scheme on the outskirts of Cardiff.....Case
15th April 2015
Today the 43 Parts of the General Permitted Development Order become 19, as the GPDO 1995 (in its much amended form) is revoked and replaced by the GPDO 2015 with....News
Down and Out in Kensington and Chelsea?
4th December 2014
The Borough's Basement policy review takes another step towards adoption
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has received (2 December 2014) an eagerly awaited report from David Vickery, the Inspector appointed to assess the Core Strategy single policy review for soundness. The report, and its Appendix which contains the main modifications he has recommended, can be found here.
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1st August 2014
Inquiry into prohibition order made by Oxfordshire County Council relating to a ROMP application. Representing planning authority, 2014.....Case
Planning inquiry - Aveley in Thurrock
25th July 2014
Planning inquiry into called-in application for residential led (500 dwellings) mixed use development at Aveley in Thurrock. Representing applicant, 2014.....News
2nd June 2014
Planning appeal for South Norfolk District Council: Townhouse Road, Old Costessey. Residential development; 62 dwellings in a special landscape area on land just outside East Costessey near Norwich was approved....Case
Pickles says No Hacheston Solar
2nd June 2014
On the 22nd May 2014 the Secretary of State dismissed an appeal against the refusal of planning permission by Suffolk Coastal District Council for a 25 MW capacity solar farm....Case
Bus lane JRs have reached their stop
7th March 2014
Challenges to two decisions authorising Traffic Regulation Orders in Norwich have been refused permission for judicial review in a reserved judgment which followed an oral hearing lasting three hours (see....News
Does the former North Wales Hospital have a future?
3rd March 2014
BBC2 included the Grade II* listed hospital, set in the beautiful Welsh countryside just outside Denbigh, in the first Episode of the new series of Permission Impossible. Harriet Townsend acts for....Case
R (Jackson) v Norfolk County Council
12th February 2014
R (Jackson) v Norfolk County Council [2014] EWHC 332 (Admin) Elizabeth Cooke - judicial review of two decisions to make city centre traffic regulation orders.....Case
R (Mevagissey Parish Council) v Cornwall County Council
27th November 2013
R (Mevagissey Parish Council) v Cornwall County Council [2013] EWHC 3684 (Admin) Hickinbottom J - judicial review of the grant of planning permission for residential development in the AONB.....Case
Bulky Goods Conditions - What they mean
4th November 2013
Harriet Townsend was counsel for Great Yarmouth Borough Council in the appeal referred to below. Of great importance to retailers in large out of centre stores, and to planning authorities seeking....Case
Certificate of Lawful Use appeals - retail
16th October 2013
Hearing for Great Yarmouth. Certificate of Lawful Use appeals. Interpretation of planning permissions governing the use of three units within the Pasteur Retail Park. Main issues: whether the conditions excluded....Case
R (Catt) v Brighton and Hove City Council
3rd October 2013
R (Catt) v Brighton and Hove City Council [2013] EWHC 977 (Admin) Lindblom J - judicial review of two decisions to grant planning permission at the Withdean Stadium.....Case
R (on application of Stern) v Horsham District Council [2013]
13th September 2013
EWHC 1460 (Admin) [2013] 3All ER 798 Leggatt J: Planning enforcement notices, late service, statutory interpretation, human rights, quashing order.....Case
Hearing of certificate of lawful use appeals
10th September 2013
Hearing of certificate of lawful use appeals brought by White Swan Properties seeking to expand the categories of goods capable of being sold at an out of centre retail park....Case
Arun District Council v SSCLG and Green Lodge Homes [2013]
1st September 2013
EWHC 190 (Admin) [2013] JPL 1011; Judge Seys-Llewelyn QC: Re-determination - Material Considerations....Case
Williams v SSCLG and Chiltern District Council [2013]
13th August 2013
EWCA Civ 958 [2014] JPL 124; Arden LJ, Patten LJ, Beatson LJ : Planning Enforcement; Conversion and extension of agricultural buildings; New stable building in green belt and AONB; Demolition.....Case
Williams v SSCLG and Chiltern District Council
31st July 2013
Williams v SSCLG and Chiltern District Council [2013] EWCA Civ 953 – s.289 challenge to enforcement appeal decision requiring demolition of stables in the green belt and AONB.....Case
29th July 2013
The risks attending those who alter buildings extensively without the benefit of planning permission have just been thrown into sharp relief by the Court of Appeal which handed down judgment....Case
R (Harrison) v Richmond upon Thames LBC
24th May 2013
R (Harrison) v Richmond upon Thames LBC [2013] EWHC 1677 (Admin) Nicholas Paines QC – judicial review of the decision to decline to determine an application for planning permission.....Case
Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiry
11th May 2013
Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiry for Denbighshire County Council: 7 CPOs within the West Rhyl Housing Improvement Project Area, funded by the Welsh Government, and made under planning powers as part....Case
Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiry
6th May 2013
Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiry for Denbighshire County Council: 7 CPOs within the West Rhyl Housing Improvement Project Area, funded by the Welsh Government, and made under planning powers as part....Case
1st May 2013
R (Stern) v Horsham DC [2013] EWHC 1460 (Admin); [2013] 3 All E.R. 798 Leggatt J – judicial review of two enforcement notices.....Case
No project-splitting for EIA in Brighton
25th April 2013
In Catt v Brighton and Hove City Council [2013] EWHC 977 (Admin) Mr Justice Lindblom has dismissed claims for judicial review of three planning permissions granted by Brighton and Hove....Case
Retail Impact decision against Tesco in Basingstoke
9th April 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....Case
8th February 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....Case
6th February 2013
Planning appeal for South Norfolk District Council: Townhouse Road, Old Costessey. Residential development; 62 dwellings in a special landscape area on land just outside East Costessey near Norwich was approved....Case
Planning inquiry into appeal by Tesco
1st February 2013
Planning inquiry into appeal by Tesco for out of centre store in Basingstoke. Representing local planning authority. Issues: retail impact, sustainability of highways measures. Tesco's superstore, for Basingstoke and Deane....Case
Re-determination – Material Considerations
28th January 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.
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Williams v SSCLG and Chiltern District Council [2012]
13th December 2012
EWHC 3466 (Admin) [2013] JPL 692, HHJ Anthony Thornton QC. (Overturned by Court of Appeal).....Case
11th December 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....Case
Planning law accords with common sense!
11th December 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....Case
Cornerstone Barristers takes part in launch of new online legal encyclopaedia
10th December 2012
Members of Cornerstone Barristers have played a leading role in contributing to a new online encyclopaedia, launched on 10th December 2012. The "Westlaw UK Insight" is an online legal encyclopaedia....Case
Oxfordshire County Council v Wyatt Brothers Oxford Ltd and others [2012] EWCA Civ 1921 [2013]
5th December 2012
Env LR D1; Mummery LJ, Patten LJ, Sir Scott Baker: Breach of planning injunction; Committal to prison for contempt of court.....Case
Appointment to Government Panel of Planning Mediators
6th November 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....Case
CPO refused by Secretary of State for private gypsy site
25th April 2012
The Secretary of State has refused to confirm the Mid Suffolk District Council (Combs Lane) Compulsory Purchase Order 2011, so preventing the delivery of a scheme by a registered Housing....Case
Withdean Stadium subject of a planning judicial review again
12th March 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 grant....Case
Peter Trott v Broadland District Council
22nd March 2011
Court of Appeal: Sir Andrew Morritt (Chancellor), Toulson LJ, Sullivan LJ, 17th March 2011 The Court of Appeal has allowed Peter Trott's appeal against an injunction made under section 187B of....News
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL): What it means for you
19th March 2011
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL): What it means for you Saturday, March 19, 2011 CIL is set to be an important measure to allow Councils to ensure development can go ...
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Is Planning Enforcement facing a New Era?
16th February 2011
Is Planning Enforcement facing a New Era?
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law
21st June 2010
We are pleased to announce the new edition of Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law published by Sweet and Maxwell. The new edition presents a concise definition of each expression which forms....Case
Denbighshire CC (West Parade, Rhyl) CPO 2010
21st June 2010
The Welsh Assembly Government confirmed the Compulsory Purchase Order of part of a terrace on the seafront promenade in Rhyl. The Order scheme will regenerate that part of Rhyl and....News
Denbighshire CC (West Parade, Rhyl) CPO 2010
1st March 2010
The Welsh Assembly Government confirmed the Compulsory Purchase Order of part of a terrace on the seafront promenade in Rhyl. The Order scheme will regenerate that part of Rhyl and....Case
6th February 2010
Planning appeal for Hyde Housing in Hove: 72 flats on previously developed site adjacent to Hove Park. Detailed design issues – amenities of residents, sustainability and the qualities of the....Case
Enforcement appeal - clay extraction
6th January 2010
Enforcement appeal for Oxfordshire County Council: the restoration of a clay extraction void. The main issue was the presence of waste unlawfully retained (in breach of enforcement notices and an....Case
19th November 2009
Enforcement appeal for Newport City Council: the use of Upfield Farm as an aerodrome. Issues included noise, impact on the conservation objectives of the SPA, lawful use rights. Appeal dismissed....Case
11th November 2009
For South Norfolk District Council: planning appeal for development of a substantial Greenfield site outside Wymondham within land subject to a local gap policy. Housing land supply a significant issue.....Case
29th September 2009
Planning appeal for Notting Hill Home Ownership instructed by Metropolis Planning and Design: apartments within a conservation area adjacent to a canal in Ealing. Appeal successful on issues of policy....Case
30th June 2009
For Brighton and Hove City Council: enforcement appeal concerning the use of retail premises in St James St Brighton by Starbucks for an A1/A3 mixed use. Appeal upheld and planning....Case
11th August 2008
Planning appeal for Bellway Homes: residential development on a greenfield site on the edge of Burton Latimer, Kettering. Housing land supply was the main issue. Appeal granted 11th August 2008.....Case
Access to proposed gypsy site - guidance on what is permited
11th July 2008
Access to proposed gypsy site – guidance on what is permitedFriday, July 11, 2008 This appeal concerned access to a proposed gypsy site from an unlit classified road: access was found....Case
14th May 2008
Enforcement notice appeal: the use of agricultural land for motocross and related activities. For local planning authority. Appeal dismissed with costs of the ground A appeal awarded to the Council....Case
10th April 2008
Development of a paddock in Newmarket for retirement housing by English Courtyard Developments. For adjoining owners/developers objecting. Appeal dismissed 10/4/2008. Click here for full text of the decision.....Case
CPO for development of Waveney Campus
11th March 2008
CPO for development of Waveney Campus: new offices and laboratories for CEFAS and two local authorities. For acquiring authority. Order confirmed ahead of the grant of planning permission. Click here....Case
Wimpey appeal dismissed in Surrey Heath
19th September 2007
Harriet Townsend acted for Surrey Heath Borough Council in successfully resisting Wimpey's appeal, in which planning permission was sought for the demolition and redevelopment of three houses to provide 20....Case
Training Session for Kent Secretaries
9th March 2007
Training Session for Kent Secretaries
Friday, March 09, 2007
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1st January 2000
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