This popular and widely read blog acts as a Legal Commentary on issues affecting Town & Country Planning including recent changes in planning legislation and judicial rulings in planning cases, as well as some thoughts on other issues arising in the course of my work as a Planning Lawyer. It was originally intended mainly for fellow planning professionals, but all are welcome to read it. The views expressed are my own and nobody else’s.
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[NOV 05 – DEC 06]
Material from the earlier version of this blog, covering the first 14 months (from November 2005 to December 2006) can be accessed at http://planningmatter.blogspot.com/
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When the page opens, you can scroll down the right-hand column until you come to the monthly archives for each of those 14 months. Be warned, though, that those posts (unlike the archived material on this site) have not been updated; so they may not represent the current state of the law, and should therefore be treated with a degree of caution.
The titles of the available articles are listed below.
17 November 2005
Unlawful commencement
So farewell, Section 54A
Reasons, and Consistency
Section 106 agreements
Abandoning your Local Plan
02 December 2005
Is it in force?
Revised PD rights for aerial dishes
Commencement again
Polytunnels
12 December 2005
Practical effect of the new catering Use Classes
Comparison tests
03 January 2006
You read it here first (1)
You read it here first (2)
New house - Permitted Development rights
Unlawful commencement (3)
Conditions precedent
12 January 2006
‘Mobile’ Advertisements
Estoppel or not?
Breach of Condition / Interpreting Conditions
Unlawful commencement – a further query
27 January 2006
Is it in force? (2)
Intensification of use
Permitted development in Conservation Areas, AONBs, etc.
10 February 2006
Conditions precedent (yet again)
Listed Building Consent
Microwave Antennae in Wales
Court of Appeal overturns Swale decision
01 March 2006
Mobile phone masts
On my bookshelf
Delegated decisions
Unlawful residential use – some further thoughts
20 March 2006
Even Homer nods
Forthcoming legal and procedural changes
Stale applications
Ancillary uses
31 March 2006
Promptness in Judicial Review
Unreasonable conditions
Another free go
Under-enforcement
Fees for mineral and waste site monitoring
11 April 2006
Copying charges
Room with a view
Free takeaways?
On the square?
25 April 2006
More changes
Fee changes
Determination periods
Local development orders
Mezzanine floors
Reserved matters
Design and access statements
11 May 2006
Good-bye ‘ODPM; Hello ‘DCLG’
More commencement orders
Appeal delays
Development land scams
‘Incidental’ curtilage development
01 June 2006
Crown immunity ends at last
Judicial lottery
Use of a 4-year rule building may be unlawful
19 June 2006
Standard Planning Application Form
Microgeneration and the planners
Redundant pubs and cinemas
Appeal delays (2)
03 July 2006
Flying the flag
Conditions precedent (yet again)
Members Conduct
Environmental Impact Assessment
17 July 2006
Loose change
A fishing pool for your Garden Gnomes
Demolition in Wonderland
31 July 2006
A reminder
Continuing confusion over commencement
21 August 2006
Looking back
Breach of Condition –10 years or 4 years?
S106 – Getting it together
Fishing pools – a Garden Gnome replies
04 September 2006
Why don’t we just scrap the appeals system?
Listed buildings appeals
Green Belt issues
Injunctions
15 September 2006
Let’s sack the members!
Dissent on Section 106 model
Stop Notices
Circular 10/97
16 October 2006
Speculation
Appeal fees
Stale applications
New law
31 October 2006
White Paper
Extension of time
The nuclear debate
Consistency
14 November 2006
More on the White Paper
Future confusion
The 4-year rule revisited
Rights of Light
27 November 2006
A bargain not to be missed
Queen’s Speech
A straw in the wind
When is an LDC not an LDC?
Standard application form
13 December 2006
Barker – not to be ignored
A well-kept secret
Dissent on Section 106 model
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