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Philip Hoult
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Planning Court judge rejects claim by parish council that leader of district gave binding promise on routing of ‘greenway’
By Philip Hoult Verified| Local Government Lawyer Verified South Cambridgeshire District Council’s leader did not give a binding promise at a local meeting that a ’greenway’ would skirt Grantchester, and in any event would have no power to do so, the High Court has found. The case concerned a claim by Grantchester Parish Council that South Cambridgeshire leader Bridget Smith told a local meeting that the greenway plan would be dropped if village residents opposed it and therefore a decision to route it through the village was invalid.
Judge dismisses challenge over whether grant of permission for 133-home scheme was unlawful because biodiversity gain planning condition ought to have been imposed but was not
By Philip Hoult Verified| Local Government Lawyer Verified The question of when a planning application is ‘made’ is wholly dependent on context and in particular on the construction of the relevant regulatory or statutory provision, the High Court has found in a case concerning Bolton Council. His Honour Judge Bird, sitting as a judge of the High Court heard that Bolton granted planning permission for 133 affordable homes to Westchurch Homes.
Planning Court judge rejects claim by parish council that leader of district gave binding promise on routing of ‘greenway’
By Philip Hoult Verified| Local Government Lawyer Verified South Cambridgeshire District Council’s leader did not give a binding promise at a local meeting that a ’greenway’ would skirt Grantchester, and in any event would have no power to do so, the High Court has found. The case concerned a claim by Grantchester Parish Council that South Cambridgeshire leader Bridget Smith told a local meeting that the greenway plan would be dropped if village residents opposed it and therefore a decision to route it through the village was invalid.
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