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The Localism Bill is set to receive Royal Assent very shortly after the House of Commons accepted all the amendments made to it by the House of Lords.
The Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in...
Ding, ding! Round 6: Eric Pickles rejects Cala Homes’ planning application
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...
Stevenage Borough Council takes planning permission dispute to the High Court
It has been reported that Stevenage Borough Council will try to persuade the High Court to overturn a planning inspector's rejection of its plans to build more houses in the area.
Stevenage Borough...
High Court quashes permission for major urban extension to Stevenage
The decision of John Denham, the previous Labour Government’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to grant planning permission in December 2009 for a major urban extension around...
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...
Government selects areas that will trial new neighbourhood planning powers
The Government has announced the names of 17 areas that will trial its neighbourhood planning reforms.
The reforms, which were unveiled in the Localism Bill (click here for more details), are designed...
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...