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In the latest round of the long-running legal dispute between housebuilder Cala Homes (South) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (full details are here and here), Secretary of State...
Breaking news: Cala loses appeal over scrapping of regional planning targets
The Court of Appeal has today (27 May) rejected the judicial review appeal by Cala Homes (South) Ltd over the Government’s decision to revoke the Regional Strategies.
Cala had claimed that the Government’s...
Cala Homes v The Government: The Court of Appeal hearing has begun…
Cala Homes (South) Ltd’s long-running legal battle with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has now reached the Court of Appeal.
Cala Homes is challenging the Government’s...
Government to carry out environmental assessment of its decision to revoke the regional strategies
On 5 April, planning minister Bob Neill announced in a parliamentary ministerial statement that the Government will assess the environmental impact of revoking each regional strategy… possibly to avoid...
Cala Homes v The Government: The battle continues…
Housebuilder Cala Homes (South) Ltd has been granted permission to appeal its recent High Court defeat in its long-running legal battle against the Government's claim that its intention to abolish the...
Housebuilder loses legal challenge over abolition of the Regional Strategies
Housebuilder Cala Homes (South) Ltd has lost its High Court challenge against the Government's claim that its intention to abolish the Regional Strategies should be considered by local planning authorities...
New report reveals big drop in new home planning permissions
New statistics have revealed that planning permissions granted to developers for new homes in England dropped significantly in the second half of 2010.
The New Housing Pipeline quarterly report, which...
Decentralisation and Localism Bill to be published on 13 December
At last.
Following speculation and numerous delays, the Government has finally announced that the Decentralisation and Localism Bill will be published on Monday 13 December.
The highly anticipated...
Planning Inspectorate issues new Regional Strategies statement
Another week, another development in the ongoing Regional Strategies saga.
In November, I wrote that, following a judicial review launched by Cala Homes (South) Ltd, the High Court had ruled that the...
Government suffers another setback over the scrapping of the Regional Strategies
The Government has suffered a further setback after the High Court ruled that, until further notice, local planning authorities should not take into account the Government’s intention to abolish the...