Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2001] All ER (D) 258 (Jan)
Court: Administrative Court
Judge:

Stanley Burnton J

Representation The applicant appeared in person.
  John Litton (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.
Judgment Dates: 31 January 2001

Catchwords

Town and country planning - Permission for development - Refusal - Applicant seeking planning permission for development of apartment blocks - Secretary of State's inspector undertaking site visit - Inspector unable to undertake further site visit - Second inspector appointed - Second inspector provided with marked bundles from first inspector - Whether second inspector breaching obligation to give fresh hearing.

The Case

In circumstances where a second inspector had been appointed by the Secretary of State, there was no breach of the requirement to hear the case afresh even though documents with markings had been supplied by the previous inspector.

Practice Areas

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