Where a local authority acquires land for one purpose, it cannot use the land for a different purpose unless authorised to do so by statute. The property had actually been conveyed to the council but the council was restrained from using the property for a hospital when it had been acquired for a sewage works.
Citations:
[1900] 2 Ch 377, [1900] LJR 39
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Adamson, Regina (on The Application of) v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council CA 18-Feb-2020
Appropriation was not in sufficient form
The claimants had challenged an order supporting the decision of the Council to use their allotments for a new primary school, saying that the land had be appropriated as allotment land, and that therefore the consent of the minister was needed.
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Land, Local Government
Updated: 19 October 2022; Ref: scu.648249