Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 86 (Apr)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWHC 679 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court
Judge:

Frances Patterson QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Representation Gregory Jones (instructed by Pollok Webb & Gall, Norfolk) for the claimant.
  John Litton (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the defendant.
  Peter Harrison QC (instructed by Fiona Croxen) for the first interested party.
  John Pugh-Smith (instructed by Overburys, Norwich) for the second interested party.
Judgment Dates: 7 April 2009

Catchwords

Town and country planning - Development - Permission - Claimant applying for permission to build wind farm - Local authority refusing permission - Secretary of State's inspector dismissing claimant's appeal - Inspector finding development harmful to listed buildings - Inspector finding development likely to interfere with operational efficiency of airport - Inspector finding development unlikely to produce electricity before 2010 - Whether inspector in error - s 66(1) - s 288

The Case

Town and country planning Development. Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court: a challenge to a planning inspector's decision to refuse permission to build six wind turbines on a site in Norwich was dismissed on the facts.

Practice Areas

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