Williams v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Town and country planning – Conversion of agricultural buildings – Breach of planning control – Enforcement notice – Judge’s error in law by redetermining questions of fact – Division of a single operation into separate elements for planning control purposes

Land registration – Mistaken registration of Lordship of Manor and associated land – Whether mistake should be rectified – Land Registration Act 2002, sch.4, paras. 5 & 6 – Need for consent of proprietor – Lack of care contributing to mistake – Unjust not to alter the register

Liability of highway authority for escape of water and resultant flooding – Measured duty to take reasonable steps to prevent damage – Circumstances to be taken into account – Competing claims on resources

Town and Country Planning – Relationship of Local Plan with Conservation Area Management Plan – Interpretation of policies and resolution of conflict

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, s.53 & sch.14 – Application to modify definitive map and statement – Whether maps enlarged from a smaller scale than stipulated sufficient to comply with procedural requirements

On appeal from HC [2012] EWHC 2634 (Admin)

Allotments – Sale of allotment land – Relevant regime – Commons Act 1876, s.27 – Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908, ss.25ff – Requirement for Secretary of State’s consent – Whether validly obtained
On appeal from [2013] EWHC 46 (Ch)

Limitation Act 1980, s.15 – Adverse possession – Whether occupation expressly or impliedly with permission of the freeholder

Joint tenancy – Notice to quit by one joint tenant – European Convention on Human Rights – Compatibility of rule in Fulham and Hammersmith LBC v Monk

Land Registration Act 1925 – Concurrent parallel title registration in error – Limitation Act 1980 – Whether time runs against the victim of such an error or in favour of its beneficiary

Commons Act 2006, s.15 – Town and village greens – Whether a tidal beach is capable of registration – Effect of absence of fixed boundary – Effect of existence of byelaws on use “as of right” – Need for communication and enforcement
On appeal from [2012] EWHC 647 (Admin)
See also [2015] UKSC 7 (Admin)