legal challenge

Legal briefs: Holocaust memorial consent quashed; Herefordshire admits prior approval botch

14.04.2022

Roger Milne

Business & Enterprise | England | Heritage | high court | Ireland | legal | legal challenge | Planning Law | Rural | South West | UK

A round-up of legal news: 09 April-14 April, 2022
Called in: Jenrick in green belt U-turn following High Court challenge

05.03.2021

Matt Moody

called-in decision | Green Belt | high court | Housing | legal challenge | Planning Law | very special circumstances | Yorkshire

The housing secretary has redetermined an application to build 500 homes on green belt land near Bradford after his 2019 decision to reject the plans contrary to his inspector’s advice was quashed by the...
Legal challenge launched against South Oxfordshire local plan

28.01.2021

Laura Edgar

England | legal challenge | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning Law | robert jenrick | South Oxfordshire District Council

Residents in South Oxfordshire have issued a legal claim against the council’s decision to adopt its local plan, which facilitates the delivery of 23,550 homes during the period to 2035.
Campaigners throw down legal gauntlet on permitted development

26.08.2020

Huw Morris

Health | Housing | legal challenge | mhclg | PDR | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Rights: Community Action | UK

Campaigners are threatening legal action against the government unless it suspends new permitted development rights (PDR) that come into force next week.
Legal briefs: Hackney ruling highlights disclosure issues; Fast-track Dublin 15 scheme consent quashed

03.07.2020

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | Climate Change | European Commission | fast-track | hackney | HS2 | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Ireland | legal challenge | Planning Law | UK

A round-up of legal news: 27 June-3 July, 2020
Council challenges inspectorate’s decision for 350 homes

14.06.2018

Laura Edgar

appeal | legal challenge | Planning Law | South Gloucestershire | South West

South Gloucestershire Council has announced that it will challenge a planning inspector’s decision to approve 350 homes in Thornbury.
Appeal: Housing need outweighs settlement hierarchy of challenged core strategy

13.10.2016

Martha Harris

core strategy | five year housing land supply | Housing | legal challenge | North Somerset Council | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | Rural | South West

Permission has been granted for 118 homes, including 35 affordable units, outside of the settlement limits of an ‘infill’ village in North Somerset, after North Somerset Council failed to demonstrate a five-...