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Approach to the breach of conditions attached to a Planning Permission (Royale Parks v SSCLG)

Approach to the breach of conditions attached to a Planning Permission (Royale Parks v SSCLG)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Approach to the breach of conditions attached to a Planning Permission (Royale Parks v SSCLG)

Court of Appeal clarifies the legal test of public nuisance to a landowner’s capacity to dedicate higher public rights to existing public rights of way (Garland v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Court of Appeal clarifies the legal test of public nuisance to a landowner’s capacity to dedicate higher public rights to existing public rights of way (Garland v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Court of Appeal clarifies the legal test of public nuisance to a landowner’s capacity to dedicate higher public rights to existing public rights of way (Garland v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Planning weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Planning weekly highlights—29 July 2021

The following Planning news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Planning weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Planning permission for development adjacent to SEN school quashed (G v Thanet District Council)

Planning permission for development adjacent to SEN school quashed (G v Thanet District Council)

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Planning permission for development adjacent to SEN school quashed (G v Thanet District Council)

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What is the meaning of ‘principal elevation’ for the purposes of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015?

What is the meaning of ‘principal elevation’ for the purposes of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015?

‘Principal elevation’ is referred to in the exceptions and conditions to various permitted development rights in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Town and...

Planning policy in Wales

Planning policy in Wales

Planning policy is contained primarily within national policy documents and the development plan.Welsh national planning policy is contained...

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...

Building regulations—enforcement

Building regulations—enforcement

Building regulations—enforcementThe Building Regulations 2010, SI 2010/2214 (the Building Regulations) are made under the Building Act 1984 (BA 1984)....

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Where there are separate section 52 and section 106 agreements over a property, and the council has confirmed that the section 106 has been discharged, is the section 52 also discharged?

A section 52 agreement is a set of planning obligations contained in the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (TCPA 1971) relating to specific pieces of...
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Produced in partnership with Abbie Pritchard-Hooper of IBLaw 19th May
Practice notes

Operational development

Control of developmentPursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning permission is required for ‘the carrying...
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19th May
Practice notes

Material change of use

Material change of useControl of developmentPursuant to section 57 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990), planning permission is...
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19th May
Practice notes

The EU Birds Directive—summary

The EU Birds Directive—summaryThe EU Birds Directive—summaryEU Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010)...
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19th May
Practice notes

Implementing a CPO—notice to treat and General Vesting Declaration

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak...
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19th May
Practice notes

What is a town or village green?

The existence of a town or village green (TVG) may restrict or even prevent development. It is a criminal offence to disturb or interfere with the use...
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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Determining planning applications—material considerations

Role of material considerations in planning decisionsWhen considering an application for planning permission or permission in principle, section 70(2)...
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19th May
Practice notes

Planning conditions—the six tests

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus...
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19th May
Practice notes

Applying for planning permission—procedure

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak...
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19th May
Practice notes

Section 215 notice requiring maintenance of land

IntroductionThe purpose of section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) is to give a local planning authority (LPA) power to take...
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19th May
Practice notes

Presumption in favour of sustainable development

Presumption in favour of sustainable developmentPolicy contextThe original version of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012 NPPF) was published...
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19th May
Practice notes

Highways—ownership and creation

Meaning of ‘highway’In the broadest sense, a highway is a way (ie a defined route, such as a road, bridleway or footpath) over which the public have...
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19th May
Practice notes

Compulsory purchase—compensation

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak...
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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

The Crichel Down Rules

The Crichel Down Rules (the Rules) require that in certain circumstances, surplus government land that was acquired by, or under a threat of,...
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19th May
Practice notes

Keeping planning permission alive

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus...
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19th May
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Declaratory relief of planning decisions

A declaratory judgment is a judgment identifying the rights, duties or obligations of one or more parties in a dispute. It is legally binding, but...
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19th May

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Practice notes

Town and village greens—registration, rectification, correction and deregistration

Town and village greens—registration, rectification, correction and deregistrationThis Practice Note deals with amendments to the register of town and...
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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 31st Jul
Practice notes

What is a town or village green?

What is a town or village green?The existence of a town or village green (TVG) may restrict or even prevent development. It is a criminal offence to...
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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 31st Jul
Practice notes

Town or village greens—property development

Town or village greens—property developmentRegistration of land as a town or village green (TVG) can prevent its development and greatly restrict its...
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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 31st Jul
Practice notes

Town and village greens—making an application to register a TVG

Town and village greens—making an application to register a TVGRegistration authoritiesApplications for registration of a town and village green (TVG)...
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Produced in partnership with Stephen Morgan of Landmark Chambers 31st Jul
Practice notes

Creation and registration of common land

Creation and registration of common landWhat is common land?The term ‘common land’ usually includes all land which is subject to rights of common, ie...
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31st Jul
Practice notes

Common land and regulation of works

Common land and regulation of worksImportance of common landDefra guidance advises that common land can deliver a range of benefits...
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31st Jul
Q&As

Can new land still be registered as common land under the Commons Registration Act 1965 in a non-pioneer area?

Can new land still be registered as common land under the Commons Registration Act 1965 in a non-pioneer area?There are two legal frameworks applying...
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Produced in partnership with Rosalind Andrews of Harrison Clark Rickerbys 6th Jun
Q&As

What rights does a local authority have to grant an easement for vehicular access over a village green to a developer and what procedure does the local authority have to follow?

What rights does a local authority have to grant an easement for vehicular access over a village green to a developer and what procedure does the...
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Produced in partnership with Helen Galley of XXIV Old Buildings 6th Jun
Q&As

Is a right of common for grazing, registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965, extinguished in relation to land which has been surfaced with tarmac and is now used as a car park?

Is a right of common for grazing, registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965, extinguished in relation to land which has been surfaced with...
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5th Jun
Q&As

If a landowner has made a landowner statement under section 15A of the Commons Act 2006 and then sells the property, does the purchaser need to make another landowner statement or will the previous one still have effect?

If a landowner has made a landowner statement under section 15A of the Commons Act 2006 and then sells the property, does the purchaser need to make...
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Produced in partnership with Rosalind Andrews of Harrison Clark Rickerbys 5th Jun
Q&As

If an application to register common land within a pioneer area is made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Commons Act 2006, can the relevant Registration Authority refuse to register as common land any parts of the land subject to the application that are public highway?

If an application to register common land within a pioneer area is made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Commons Act 2006, can the relevant...
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Produced in partnership with Emily Knowles of Sharpe Pritchard 5th Jun

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