Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s.288 – Appeal against refusal of consent – Basis upon which a decision letter must be read and judged
Gill v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
R (Friends of the Earth) v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Regulation 1107/2009, arts.28 & 53 – Regulation of plant protection products – Regulation 485/2013 – Prohibition of neonicotinoid seed dressing – Derogation for “limited and controlled” – Whether authorisations were lawful
Davies v Davies
Proprietary estoppel – Promises made and repeated over substantial period – Will did not accord with those promises – Delay in dispute from date of death attributable to absence of communication of contents of Will – Detrimental reliance on promises – Valuation of equity arising
Birdlip Ltd v Hunter
Restrictive covenants – Building scheme – Four necessary characteristics
Ali v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and ors
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, s.53 – Definitive map and statement – Highways Act 1980, s.31 – Deemed dedication – Evidence sufficient to show lack of intention to dedicate – Need to bring that lack of intention to the notice of those members of the public using the way
Wood and anor v Waddington
Grant of rights of way – Express terms – Law of Property Act 1925, s.62 – Rule in Wheeldon v Burrows
Tunnel Tech Ltd v Reeves
Rating – Local Government Finance Act 1988, sch.5 – Market garden – Nursery ground – Whether property from which the produce requires further activity before being capable of public consumption is a “market garden” – Whether buildings in which activity is carried out may be “nursery ground”
R (Tarmac Aggregates Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Framework Directive – Interpretation of definitions of “recovery operation” and “disposal operation” – Reinstatement of footpath after permitted quarrying – Whether inspector acted rationally
Spielplatz Ltd v Pearson
Housing Act 1988 – Assured tenancy – Letting of plot with chalet – Whether chalet a chattel or part of the land – Relevance of subjective intention of parties – Whether letting excepted as holiday letting
Smyth v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and ors
Town and Country Planning – Habitats Directive – Precautionary principle – Applicability to the two tests under art.6(3) of the Directive – Standard of review required under those tests – Application of National Planning Policy Framework to Habitats Directive cases