Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2009] All ER (D) 201 (Jul)
Neutral Citation: [2009] EWHC 1028 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (Cardiff)
Judge:

Beatson J

Representation Geraint Walters (instructed by Everett Tomlin Lloyd & Pratt) for the claimants.
  Gwion Lewis by and for the defendants.
Judgment Dates: 18 May 2009

Catchwords

Town and country planning - Permission for development - Refusal - Local authority refusing planning permission for claimants to convert redundant barn to ancillary use for existing farmhouse - Secretary of State's inspector upholding refusal on appeal - Whether inspector erring - s 288.

The Case

Town and country planning Permission for development. Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (Cardiff): The court dismissed an application under s288 of the brought by the claimants on the basis that the Secretary of State's inspector had erred in upholding a refusal to grant planning permission to convert a redundant barn on farmland to ancillary use for an existing farmhouse, a listed building, which formed part of the claimants' main residence.

Practice Areas

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