To refuse an out-of-centre planning consent on the ground that an admittedly smaller site is available within the town centre may be to take an entirely inappropriate business decision on behalf of the developer.
Judges:
Sedley J
Citations:
[1998] JPL 23, [1997] EWHC Admin 481
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council SC 21-Mar-2012
The company challenged the grant of planning permission for a competitor to open a new supermarket within 800 metres of its own, saying that the Council had failed to apply its own planning policies, which required preference of suitable sites not . .
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Local Government, Planning
Updated: 26 May 2022; Ref: scu.137426