Fuller V Secretary Of State For Communities And Local Government [2015] EWHC 142 (Admin)

01 Jan 2018

Planning and Environment

Ryan Kohli acted on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in defending the grant of planning permission to develop a site near a tree with amenity value on a residential street. The Court upheld the inspector’s conclusion that the tree provided amenity value, but that it was not an outstanding or unique specimen, and that the benefit of the proposed development would override any harm to the tree.

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