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Household waste sites and national landscapes

The Court of Appeal has upheld the grant of planning permission for a new household waste and recycling centre in the National Landscape of north Norfolk – more than 10 years after the existing site was found to be no longer fit for purpose. Harriet Townsend KC and Matt Lewin examine the ruling.
May 15, 2026
Household waste sites and national landscapes

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Urban development – helping overcome obstacles

April 24, 2026
John Bosworth examines the practical issues that arise where a council is considering exercising its powers of appropriation to allow developments to proceed, and looks at how such arrangements can be structured.

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

April 17, 2026
The Court of Appeal recently clarified how s.57(4) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 applies when an enforcement notice is issued but planning permission is not required for some of the land concerned to revert to its lawful use immediately before an alleged breach. Roderick Morton analyses the judgment.

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