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Draft planning committee reports: sharing is caring

Draft planning committee reports: sharing is caring

A Deputy High Court judge recently considered whether it was unlawful for a local authority's planning officer privately to seek from the applicant for planning permission, and then incorporate, comments on her draft report to the Council's Planning Committee. Simon Ricketts examines the outcome.

July 16, 2026

Draft planning committee reports: sharing is caring

News

High Court orders appeal over enforcement notice to be redetermined

July 16, 2026

Judge quashes grant of planning permission for extension over 45-degree rule

July 16, 2026

High Court rejects challenge to Forestry Commission tree planting decision

July 10, 2026

Council designates market as Asset of Community Value

Jul 09, 2026

Planning committee approves, rescinds and then defers decision in matter of minutes

Jul 09, 2026

High Court refuses permission for Oxford United stadium judicial review

Jul 07, 2026

Environmental group seek to appeal High Court ruling on Gatwick Airport second runway

Jul 06, 2026

Council calls for end to 1950s planning consents behind 'mega-shed' developments

Jul 06, 2026

HS2 tunnel extension lacked deemed planning permission, Court of Appeal rules

Jul 03, 2026

North Yorkshire retains legal counsel over airfield asylum accommodation plans

Jul 03, 2026

Minister writes to charging authorities on Community Infrastructure Levy and household developer exemptions

Jul 03, 2026

Court of Appeal rejects challenge to decision of planning inspector on outdoor advertising and discontinuance notice

Jul 03, 2026

Developer launches judicial review over planning inspectorate refusal of 850-home scheme

Jun 30, 2026

Government intervenes in draft local plan over UNESCO world heritage site concerns

Jun 30, 2026

London borough defeats High Court challenge over decision not to determine planning application

Jun 26, 2026

Reform council leader urges Government to revise housing target formula

Jun 26, 2026

Boroughs launch joint legal challenge against Mayor of London over affordable housing quota cut

Jun 24, 2026

Campaigners lose High Court challenges over expansion of Gatwick Airport

Jun 24, 2026

Planning Inspectorate issues guidance on new local plan-making system

Jun 24, 2026

Magistrates' Court upholds nuisance finding over “explosive” noises from padel courts

Jun 24, 2026

Court of Appeal to hear appeal by council in mortgagee exclusion clause case

Jun 22, 2026

Planning Court judge rejects challenge by council over application of ‘exception test’ in flood risk case

Jun 19, 2026

Research finds significant variation in planning decisions being overturned after council refusal

Jun 19, 2026

Regulator calls for time for BNG requirements to bed down amid concern over further changes

Jun 18, 2026

Council revises planning document for 4,000 home scheme following judicial review threat

Jun 16, 2026

Councils to explore legal options after Government revokes planning powers

Jun 16, 2026

Government revokes planning powers for nine councils in respect of major developments

Jun 15, 2026

London borough issues legal threat against Greater London Authority over affordable housing policy

Jun 11, 2026

Minister intervenes in preparations for draft local plan over 10,000-home shortfall

Jun 11, 2026

Judge quashes decision of planning inspector over “inflexible and mechanistic” approach to policy conflict on flood risk

Jun 11, 2026

Charities urge PM to rethink planning reforms and reverse “dilution” of environmental protections

Jun 09, 2026

District council secures year-long extension to injunction obtained over unauthorised development over bank holiday weekend

Jun 09, 2026

Council defeats Planning Court challenge to grant of permission for solar farm

Jun 05, 2026

City council ordered not to submit Local Plan for examination ahead of judicial review

Jun 03, 2026

Amend constitutions for national scheme of delegation of planning functions or face judicial reviews, councils in England warned

Jun 02, 2026

Judge finds woman in contempt over unauthorised home hidden inside barn

May 29, 2026

Councils launch judicial review challenge over ministerial approval of largest solar farm in UK

May 28, 2026

Sasha White KC named Joint Head of Landmark Chambers

May 27, 2026

Court of Appeal refuses extension of time for appeal over airport expansion development consent order ruling

May 26, 2026

Traveller site injunction to remain in place following High Court ruling

May 21, 2026

High Court issues key judgment on failure to serve parties on time

May 20, 2026

Luton Airport expansion challenge heads to Court of Appeal

May 19, 2026

High Court dismisses claim that planning officers misled councillors

May 19, 2026

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The UK Government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is likely to mark a significant shift in regulatory expectations. Jonathan Askin, Partner at Hugh James, explores the reasons why.

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Features

Assessing logistics proposals

Assessing logistics proposals

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A large-scale and unplanned logistics proposal was recently rejected on appeal. Josef Cannon KC explains why.

Minerals webinar series - Part 1: Minerals plan-making: the next phase

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July 14, 2026

Watch Landmark Chambers' first part of its Minerals webinar series, recorded on 8 June 2026.

When is a dwellinghouse not a dwellinghouse?

When is a dwellinghouse not a dwellinghouse?

July 10, 2026

Roderick Morton explains the tests to determine if a property is classed as a dwellinghouse.

Roles for members in the new delegated arrangements for planning decisions

Roles for members in the new delegated arrangements for planning decisions

July 03, 2026

Ahead of the changes to delegation of planning decisions, Richard Harwood KC looks at the arrangements which local authorities can put in place, particularly where they want to maintain member involvement in the process.

Planning enforcement and lawfulness cases

Planning enforcement and lawfulness cases

Jul 03, 2026

Route 62A

Route 62A

Jun 25, 2026

Streamlining the planning system: the new National Delegation Scheme

Streamlining the planning system: the new National Delegation Scheme

Jun 11, 2026

Keeping up: JR changes, deadlines

Keeping up: JR changes, deadlines

Jun 11, 2026

Applying the principles in Holborn Studios

Applying the principles in Holborn Studios

Jun 11, 2026

Refusal to take planning enforcement action

Jun 05, 2026

Building Liability Orders (BLOs) – Crest Nicholson v Ardmore

Jun 04, 2026

Look, no hands

May 29, 2026

Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Why Local Authorities Cannot Afford to Wait

May 20, 2026

Household waste sites and national landscapes

May 15, 2026

The (further) perils of failing to comply with service requirements

May 13, 2026

Avoiding duplication between planning and licensing

Apr 27, 2026

Urban development – helping overcome obstacles

Apr 24, 2026

Titchfield Festival Theatre - the new chapter. Or not, as it happens

Apr 17, 2026

Permission for Take Off: £205m Cardiff Airport Subsidy Authorised by the CAT

Apr 16, 2026

Changes to the written representations procedure process for appeals

Apr 09, 2026

Planning committees and delegation

Apr 09, 2026

Injunctions to restrain breaches of planning control

Apr 09, 2026

Lawfulness and applications for a CLEUD

Apr 08, 2026

£150m Clean Maritime Grant Competition Opens – Critical Subsidy Control Steps for Applicants

Apr 01, 2026

Webinars

Minerals webinar series - Part 1: Minerals plan-making: the next phase

Watch Landmark Chambers' first part of its Minerals webinar series, recorded on 8 June 2026.

Boundary line lessons from White v Alder [2025] EWCA Civ 392

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Local Authority Insight Series: Regeneration and the local authority estate

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