Planning Update: Pulling the threads together

Marcus Woody assesses ‘sustainable development’ in the National Planning Policy Framework in the context of some recent cases ‘Dartford confirms that there is no separate hurdle that requires a separate assessment as to whether development is sustainable, prior to applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development in para 14 of the NPPF.’ In the …
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Cases Referenced

  • Cotswold District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & anor [2013] EWHC 3719
  • Dartford Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & anor [2014] EWHC 2636
  • South Northamptonshire Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Barwood Land and Estates Ltd [2014] EWHC 573.
  • South Northamptonshire Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Robert Plummer [2013] EWHC 4377
  • William Davis Ltd & anor v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & anor [2013] EWHC 3058