The second edition of Leading Planning Cases, a printed service from the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, is designed to assist the Planning Court and all of its users by consolidating cases that are frequently cited in planning claims into a single convenient volume. The new edition contains 21 cases, spanning from Cooke J’s decision in Stringer v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1970] 1 WLR 1281 through to the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in R (Finch) v Surrey County Council [2024] PTSR 988.
Cases featured in the 2nd ed:
- Stringer v Minister of Housing and Local Government [1970] 1 WLR 1281, Cooke J
- Westminster City Council v Great Portland Estates plc [1985] AC 661, HL(E)
- Simplex GE (Holdings) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [2017] PTSR 1041, CA
- Save Britain’s Heritage v Number 1 Poultry Ltd [1991] 1 WLR 153, HL(E)
- City of Edinburgh Council v Secretary of State for Scotland [1997] 1 WLR 1447, HL(Sc)
- E v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] QB 1044, CA
- South Bucks District Council v Porter (No 2) [2004] 1 WLR 1953 HL(E)
- R (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2011] 1 WLR 268, SC(E)
- Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council (Asda Stores Ltd intervening) [2012] PTSR 983, SC(Sc)
- Mordue v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] 1 WLR 2682, CA
- BDW Trading Ltd (trading as David Wilson Homes (Central, Mercia and West Midlands)) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] PTSR 1337, CA
- Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd [2017] WLR 1865, SC(E)
- R (Mansell) v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council [2019] PTSR 1452, CA
- St Modwen Developments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] PTSR 746, CA
- Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] PTSR 2063, CA
- Lambeth London Borough Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] 1 WLR 4317, SC(E)
- R (Wright) v Forest of Dean District Council [2019] 1 WLR 6562, SC(E)
- CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2021] 1 WLR 4168, SC(E)
- Hillside Parks Ltd v Snowdonia National Park Authority [2022] 1 WLR 5077, SC(E)
- DB Symmetry Ltd v Swindon Borough Council [2023] 1 WLR 198, SC(E)
- R (Finch) v Surrey County Council [2024] PTSR 988, SC(E)
Leading Planning Cases will be of value to anyone with an interest in planning law and is specifically designed for use by planning law practitioners when in court.
