Sosmo Trust Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment: 1983

Woolf J accepted that the consequences of the financial viability or lack of financial viability of a development were a potentially relevant factor in a planning assessment: the true question was not whether a development would be viable but what the planning consequences would be if it were not viable.

Judges:

Woolf J

Citations:

[1983] JPL 806

Cited by:

CitedSainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v Wolverhampton City Council and Another SC 12-May-2010
The appellant’s land was to be taken under compulsory purchase by the Council who wished to use it to assist Tesco in the construction of a new supermarket. Tesco promised to help fund restoration of a local listed building. Sainsbury objected an . .
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Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.414947