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Appeal: Javid allows wind turbine after six-year legal battle

31.01.2018

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans for a wind turbine near Melton Mowbray first submitted in 2012, which was blocked by two of his predecessors and strongly opposed by local MP Alan Duncan...

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Javid wins call-in challenge over Paddington Cube

01.12.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 25 November-1 December, 2017

Appeals round-up: ‘Transfer of permission’ for worker’s home at educational farm refused; ‘Pressing need’ justifies 140-home plan in rural Cambridgeshire

10.07.2017

A round-up of appeal decisions: 3 July-7 July, 2017

Appeal: Javid overrules inspector to block Cornwall solar farm

07.07.2017

Secretary of State Sajid Javid has overturned an inspector’s decision to approve a 5MW solar farm in Cornwall, ruling that the scheme’s reversibility after 30 years did not mean it would be...

Legal briefs: Ex-chair of planning committee ordered to pay £115k for changes to listed building

12.05.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 8 May-12 May, 2017

Appeal: Javid blocks 109-home scheme in York green belt despite housing shortfall

25.04.2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has upheld an inspector's decision to refuse 109 homes north of York, ruling that preventing harm to the green belt outweighed the provision of housing, despite a...

Appeal: Javid blocks 265-home scheme despite housing supply of under a year

24.04.2017

Secretary of state Sajid Javid has overturned an inspector's decision to allow 265 homes in Essex, refusing to allow development in the green belt despite acknowledging that the housing supply in the...

Appeals round-up: Scottish ministers overrule reporter on film studio; £100m Glasgow train station given green light

10.04.2017

A round-up of appeal decisions: 1 April-7 April, 2017

Appeal: Javid approves 203 homes despite harm to listed buildings

07.04.2017

Sajid Javid has approved a 203-home scheme near Newton Abbot in Devon after agreeing with an inspector's judgement that the benefit of more housing would outweigh harm to two listed buildings, despite a...

Appeal: Javid overrules inspector to block housing scheme despite local shortfall

04.04.2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has stepped in to block a 27-home scheme south of Macclesfield despite a housing supply shortage in the area, overruling an inspector's recommendation that it should go...

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