R (Miller) v North Yorkshire County Council

Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (EC 85/337) – Mineral extraction –Expansion of existing sand and gravel quarry – Material considerations: ancient monuments, nature conservation, bird management strategy

Planning permission – PPS22: Wind turbines – PPS15: Effect on the setting of listed buildings – Decision based on misleading report – Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999: Want of publication of the decision
See now CA [2010] EWCA Civ 894

Single Payment Scheme – Council Regulation 1782/2003, art.40 – Hardship – Effect of conditions of ESA agreement on allocation of entitlements
See now CA [2010] EWCA Civ 1048

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, s.37(2) – Deemed succession events – Whether a succession event predating the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 is to be taken into account in calculation the number of successions remaining

Town and Country Planning – Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control – PPS23 – Relationship of planning regime with pollution control regime in deciding appropriateness of development

Registered title – Land Registration Rules 1925, rr.251 and 278 – Inclusion in title of land erroneously omitted from filed plan

Town and Country Planning – Certificate of Lawful Existing Use and Development – Effect of cessation of use in breach of condition – Agricultural occupancy condition – Terms for removal

Town and Country Planning – Wind farm development – Whether necessary to consider alternative sites – Extent of relevant of national and regional renewable energy targets

Hunting Act 2004, s.1 and sch.1 – Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, s.101 – Burden of proof of exempt activity – Whether hunting takes place absent a specific quarry

Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s.171B(3) – Validity of enforcement notice – Whether 10 years continuous use in breach of planning control