Jan Hebblethwaite

2019 Planning predictions

United Kingdom - January 14 2019 2019 is likely to be an unpredictable and turbulent year in the UK and abroad, and few will be confident enough to predict whether Great Britain and…

Vicky Fowler, Dominic Conte, Nick Harding, Nigel Hewitson, Laura Nation, Tim Sharp, Ben Stansfield

Planning - Pre-NPPF housing figures

United Kingdom - May 29 2014 In Gallagher Homes Ltd v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council [2014], the claimant's sites for housing development were placed in the green belt in…

Planning - Supreme Court decision finally deals with "as of right" in town and village green cases

United Kingdom - May 29 2014 One of the early town and village green (TVG) cases dealt with land owned by a local authority and used for many years as informal public open space…

Planning - Limitations on planning permissions

United Kingdom - May 29 2014 Since the "I'm Your Man" case in 1998 (I'm Your Man Ltd v Sec of State for the Environment), it has been settled law that if a limitation is to be…

Planning - Importance of the officer's report to committee

United Kingdom - May 29 2014 When the planning committee of the local planning authority is determining a planning application, the planning officer will write a report on which…