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Court of Appeal hands down Test Case on Curtilage
18.03.2021
After a wide-ranging review of the extensive case law on the term “curtilage”, the Court of Appeal has decided that it is a “single concept” which has the same meaningCASE: Public Law and Judicial Review, Planning and Environment
After JR Threat, Secretary of State Calls in Cumbrian Coal Mine
12.03.2021
The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has decided to call in for his own determination an application by West Cumbria Mining (WCM) for a new mineCASE: Public Law and Judicial Review, Information Law
Tribunal Provides Written Reasons on FOIA Territorial Limitation
11.03.2021
The First-tier Tribunal has made available its written reasons for deciding that no territorial limitation should be read into the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). The background to theCASE: Planning and Environment
11.03.2021
Introduction 1. The Court of Appeal's judgment in Bramshill v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 320 addresses the interpretation and application of policies in the National Planning Policy Framework ("NPPF") against theCASE: Public Law and Judicial Review, Planning and Environment
Inadequate Environmental Impact Assessment in Intensive Chicken Farming
11.03.2021
The High Court has quashed a planning permission for an intensive chicken farming facility in Shadingfield, East Suffolk. In Keating v East Suffolk Council [CO/4377/2020] the Claimant applied for permission toCASE: Planning and Environment
Supreme Court hears R (on the application of Fylde Coast Farms Ltd) v Fylde Borough Council
08.03.2021
On 9 March 2021, the Supreme Court will hear R (on the application of Fylde Coast Farms Ltd) v Fylde Borough Council. The Court will consider the correct interpretation ofCASE: Local Government
03.03.2021
Lisa advised a County Council on a number of complicated and important questions concerning the correct construction of the Public Sector Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000, viewed in the light ofCASE: Planning and Environment
Local Government News: Crematorium change of use and the Green Belt
19.02.2021
By Jonathan Clay | 19 February 2021 A crematorium change of use in the Green Belt was recently found by a planning inspector not to be inappropriate development. The Secretary of State'sCASE: Local Government
Lawfulness of proposed academy conversion
17.02.2021
Lisa advised a County Council on the lawfulness of its conduct in relation to the proposed conversion of a local authority maintained school to an academy. The case reached theCASE: Planning and Environment, Local Government
'Out-of-date' assessments can be site specific, Holgate J confirms
16.02.2021
A judicial review claim seeking to quash outline planning permission for a 300-dwelling scheme in Woolpit, Mid Suffolk, has been dismissed on all grounds by Mr Justice Holgate. In Ewans020 7242 4986 or 0333 240 0591
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