Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 316 (May)
Court: Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
Judge:

Judge Mole QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Representation Robin Purchas QC and Douglas Edwards (instructed by Davies & Partners) for the claimants.
  Timothy Straker QC and Richard Humphreys (instructed by Stevenage Borough Council) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 20 May 2005

Catchwords

Town and country planning - Development - Structure plan - Alteration - Adoption of replacement local plan - General conformity of local plan with structure plan - Identification of boundary of green belt - Claimants' application to quash offending parts of local plan - , s 287.

The Case

A local planning authority might reasonably choose to adopt a local policy that generally conformed with the structure plan but set out a particular reservation, qualification or reason for caution in respect to that policy.

Practice Areas

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