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Wright, Regina (on The Application of) v Forest of Dean District Council Resilient Energy Serverndale Ltd: CA 14 Dec 2017

Permission for the change of use of land to allow erection of a wind turbine had been quashed on the basis that the LA had taken account of an irrelevant matter, namely the proposed financial contributions from the development to the local community. Held: The appeal failed.Davis LJ gave a short concurring judgment to emphasise … Continue reading Wright, Regina (on The Application of) v Forest of Dean District Council Resilient Energy Serverndale Ltd: CA 14 Dec 2017

Wright, Regina (on The Application of) v Forest of Dean District Council and Another: Admn 9 Jun 2016

The court was asked whether or not an element of the package of socio-economic benefits associated with a wind turbine development, in the form of a local community donation based on turnover generated by the wind turbine, amounts to a material consideration which it was lawful for the defendant to take into account when granting … Continue reading Wright, Regina (on The Application of) v Forest of Dean District Council and Another: Admn 9 Jun 2016

Regina v Westminster City Council, ex parte Monahan: CA 1989

The Royal Opera House sought permission and listed building consents to carry out a re-development, extending and modernising the House raising it to international standards, and to develop the surrounding area consistently with that project. Parts of the site were proposed to be used for the erection of office accommodation, which would be a departure … Continue reading Regina v Westminster City Council, ex parte Monahan: CA 1989

Regina (on the Application of Kides) v South Cambridgeshire District Council Ltd: CA 9 Oct 2002

The applicant sought a judicial review of a grant of planning permission. She said that in the considerable time gap between the decision in principle, and the decision notice, several elements had changed requiring the decision to be reconsidered. Held: Review was refused. The section required the authority to have regard to all material considerations … Continue reading Regina (on the Application of Kides) v South Cambridgeshire District Council Ltd: CA 9 Oct 2002

Alnwick District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and Another: QBD 8 Sep 1999

Where a grant of permission had been reversed, leaving the planning authority liable to pay substantial compensation, such compensation could not be taken account of when reversing the permission. Financial consequences were only a material consideration when they related to the use and development of the land itself. In this case the compensation was not … Continue reading Alnwick District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and Another: QBD 8 Sep 1999

Wright, Regina (on The Application of Wright) v Resilient Energy Severndale Ltd and Another: SC 20 Nov 2019

W challenged the grant of planning permission for the change of use of agricultural land to allow erection of a wind turbine, saying that the authority had taken into account a promise by the land owner to run the scheme as a community development contributing funds locally, and that such was not capable of being … Continue reading Wright, Regina (on The Application of Wright) v Resilient Energy Severndale Ltd and Another: SC 20 Nov 2019

Hinds, Regina (on The Application of) v Blackpool Council: Admn 17 Mar 2011

The council had resolved to grant planning permission for a development, but before the permission was actually granted the Secretary of State had written to planning authorities saying that he intended to abolish the ‘Regional Spatial Strategies’. The objector said that the Council should reconsider in the light of this ‘highly relevant’ change. Held: The … Continue reading Hinds, Regina (on The Application of) v Blackpool Council: Admn 17 Mar 2011