Eric Pickles

Nursery crimes: How Mr Pickles tore up the magical planning book

11.10.2018

Chris Shepley

Storyteller Chris Shepley narrates a salutary tale...

Appeal: Temporary permission for South Downs gypsy site after eight-year legal battle

28.02.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted temporary consent for a gypsy site in the South Downs National Park that was twice blocked by former secretary of state Eric Pickles, following a ‘failure of policy’ to...

Appeal: 67 green belt log cabins allowed in Delamere Forest after Pickles refusal

28.02.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved Forestry Commission plans for 67 holiday log cabins and other visitor facilities in Cheshire, after Eric Pickles deemed a similar scheme inappropriate green belt development in 2014...

Appeal: Javid allows West Sussex homes after double High Court intervention

08.12.2017

Matt Moody

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has approved 120 homes in West Sussex following a five-year legal dispute, after previous refusals by his predecessors Eric Pickles and Greg Clark were both quashed by the...

Appeal: Developer must pay costs for resubmitting 211-home scheme

17.11.2017

Matt Moody

Secretary of state Sajid Javid has blocked plans for 211 homes in Winslow, Buckinghamshire submitted for the third time by Gladman Developments. An almost identical scheme was previously dismissed by Javid...

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Court of Appeal overturns Pickles' CPO on Shepherd’s Bush Market

24.03.2016

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 19 March-25 March, 2016

Appeal: Permitted development rights awarded to Buckinghamshire free school

19.02.2016

Martha Harris

Communities secretary Greg Clark has granted permitted development rights to the Khalsa Academy for a Sikh faith-based secondary school in South Buckinghamshire to accommodate 840 pupils, after prior...

West Sussex housing scheme is turned down at appeal again

11.02.2016

Martha Harris

Communities secretary Greg Clark has rejected a proposal for a significant housing and mixed-use development in Sayers Common, West Sussex. It had already been rejected by Clark’s predecessor for conflicting with a neighbourhood plan – a decision quashed by the High Court.

Legal briefs: TfL to defend judicial review over construction of cycle superhighway

27.08.2015

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 22 August-28 August, 2015

Legal briefs: High Court critical of Pickles’ approach to neighbourhood planning

14.05.2015

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 8 May-15 May, 2015

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