England planning news

Two High Court judgments regarding Secretary of State decisions are key stories in this month’s news. The Newick judgment explores the materiality of one recent Secretary of State decision to another, and the other case - regarding a site in Cheshire - relates to the Communities Secretary not taking a proposed condition into account when making his decision.

We also report on the latest housing starts and completions data, and on updates to national policy and guidance.

 

Read more on this and other new law and policy initiatives in Lichfields’ latest England Planning News.

In addition, Parliament returns today; we anticipate planning policy-related announcements to emerge in the next ten days, before Parliament rises again for party conference season.

 

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