Planning and the public sector equality duty: A timely reminder

Tracy Lovejoy considers the public sector equality duty and its impact on planning decisions in the context of recent case law A failure by a local public authority to comply with its PSED is a legal error and the resulting planning decision can be judicially reviewed. As with many public functions, there is no private …
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Cases Referenced

  • LDRA Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC 950 (Admin)
  • R (Baker) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2008] EWCA Civ 141
  • R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2020] 1 WLR 5037
  • R (Brown) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] EWHC 3158 (Admin)
  • R (Coleman) v Barnet LBC [2013] Eq. L.R. 223
  • R (Danning) v Sedgemoor [2021] EWHC 1649 (Admin)
  • R (End Violence Against Women) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2021] 1 WLR 5829
  • R (Hough) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1635
  • R (Hurley) v Secretary State for Business Innovation and Skills [2012] EWHC 201