The High Court has opened the way for a new Oxford-Bicester railway line which will pass within about a kilometre of the Oxford Meadows special conservation area. A campaigner’s plea that an insufficiently precautionary approach
In an important ruling for landowners and countryside campaigners, motorcyclists and off-road vehicle enthusiasts have scored a major success in their fight to open up five Dorset ‘green lanes’ to motorised traffic. The Court of
In a ruling which underlines the limited role of non-statutory consultees in the planning process, the Court of Appeal has ruled that a local authority’s planning committee was entitled to ignore the views of an
A threat to land values along the course of the Manchester Ship Canal has been lifted by a Court of Appeal ruling that sluices that have regulated the waterway’s flow for more than a century
In a ruling which illustrates the difficulties of enforcing bankruptcy orders against residential property, a businessman has scored a High Court success in his fight to wrestle control of a crumbling Victorian pier from a
The Court of Appeal has come to the aid of a landowner who is facing a £1.6 million debt claim in respect of a residential development that reached completion just as the property market collapsed.
In a ruling which helps to define the concept of ‘public open space’, the High Court has rejected a challenge to a tree preservation order (TPO) brought by the owners of a landed estate who
In a case where a flat tenant objected to being charged for gas supplies up to seven years in arrears, the High Court has ruled that, on a correct interpretation of section 20B of the
A village campaign group has triumphed in its High Court fight to block plans for a lorry park and industrial units close to a river which is home to rare flora and fauna and is
In the context of a planning dispute in respect of the unauthorised conversion of a single dwelling house into three self-contained flats, the High Court has emphasised that enforcement notices must demand no more than
