Practice areas
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Counsel most often instructed
Judgments by year
Cases later courts cite most
Cases Kingsley Smith Solicitors LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 31 Oct 2014 |
[2014] EWCA Civ 1432 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
An enforcement appeal on ground (f) cannot secure planning permission for a proposed alternative development which falls outside the matters identified in the…
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18 |
| 31 Jul 2009 |
[2009] EWCA Civ 734 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In planning decisions involving development on protected open land, an alternative siting within the application site may be a material consideration. No…
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14 |
| 21 May 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1323 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority may owe a common-law duty to give reasons when granting permission for development in a highly sensitive protected landscape…
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4 |
| 16 Dec 2013 |
[2013] EWHC 3945 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
On an enforcement-notice appeal, the planning inspector’s power to grant permission under ground (a), or on the deemed application, is confined to the matters…
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4 |
| 21 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 3409 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An ex gratia compensation scheme must be interpreted objectively, purposively and as a whole. A scheme directed to reasonable wasted costs and additional…
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3 |
| 28 Jun 2007 |
[2007] EWCA Civ 612 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A compulsory purchase order which deprives a private owner of land requires a clear and compelling public-interest case. The decision-maker must consider…
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3 |
Recent cases
| Date | Case | Cited by |
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| 22 Aug 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 2205 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning authority must take into account considerations which the governing statute or applicable policy requires it to consider. It must also consider a…
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| 18 Mar 2025 |
[2025] EWHC 642 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning decision will be unlawful only where the officer’s report contains a distinct and material defect which materially misleads the decision-maker or…
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| 25 May 2023 |
[2023] EWCA Civ 601 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the four-year immunity under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the relevant question is when the operations forming the alleged new building were…
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1 |
| 31 Mar 2023 |
[2023] EWHC 678 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A permitted-development fall-back may be a material consideration in determining a planning application. Its existence and weight are matters for the…
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1 |
| 21 Dec 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 3318 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
In a planning permission challenge, the scope of an authority’s delegation is determined primarily by the committee’s resolution. An officer’s report may…
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1 |
| 29 Jul 2022 |
[2022] EWHC 2031 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For the four-year enforcement time limit, substantial completion must be assessed by reference to the building operations which cumulatively produced the…
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| 21 May 2021 |
[2021] EWHC 1323 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A local planning authority may owe a common-law duty to give reasons when granting permission for development in a highly sensitive protected landscape…
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4 |
| 15 Jul 2020 |
[2020] EWHC 1895 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A planning permission may authorise a change of use while also controlling the design and appearance of structures or objects whose siting and retention the…
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| 21 Dec 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 3409 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An ex gratia compensation scheme must be interpreted objectively, purposively and as a whole. A scheme directed to reasonable wasted costs and additional…
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3 |
| 11 Oct 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 2562 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under para. 90 of the National Planning Policy Framework, the reuse of a permanent and substantial building in the Green Belt is not inappropriate development…
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| 24 Feb 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 357 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, prior approval concerns the whole proposed development. An…
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2 |
| 15 Jun 2016 |
[2016] EWHC 1861 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
For the purposes of Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, the enlarged part of the…
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