The principal shareholder and managing director of a company which was the sole tenant of a building was competent to object to a planning enforcement notice. The corporate veil was not to be set aside except in special circumstances, and in this case the company was no mere sham or front. However, the managing director could be said in law to be occupying part of the building as licensee, and so achieved a sufficient standing through that path.
Judges:
Mr Robin Purchas Q.C
Citations:
Times 13-Oct-2000, [2000] EWHC Admin 386, [2001] 1 PLR 38
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Statutes:
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 174
Citing:
See also – Buckinghamshire County Council v North West Estates plc and others ChD 31-May-2002
The planning authority sought injunctions for enforcement notices. The landowner argued that human rights law required the court when looking at such a request to look at the entire planning history.
Held: Although the court could look to a . .
Cited by:
See also – Buckinghamshire County Council v North West Estates plc and others ChD 31-May-2002
The planning authority sought injunctions for enforcement notices. The landowner argued that human rights law required the court when looking at such a request to look at the entire planning history.
Held: Although the court could look to a . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Planning, Company
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.140201
