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Table of Statutory Instruments |
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1 Life Before The Planning Court: A History Of The Court's Role In The Planning Sphere |
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1 | (3) |
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B A historical overview of town and country planning to 1990 |
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4 | (2) |
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C The framework of the current scheme and its evolution |
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6 | (11) |
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7 | (3) |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (1) |
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Environmental regulation, human rights and conservation |
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14 | (3) |
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D The demise of Planning `exceptionalism'? |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (5) |
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2 Jurisdiction And Procedures Of The Planning Court |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (4) |
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26 | (3) |
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Judges of the Planning Court |
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29 | (1) |
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C Planning Court procedures |
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30 | (5) |
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30 | (1) |
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Significant Planning Court claims |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (3) |
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3 Preparing And Pursuing Claims |
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38 | (2) |
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B Pre-action conduct and the judicial review protocol |
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40 | (6) |
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Pre-action conduct generally |
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40 | (2) |
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Judicial review pre-action protocol |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (1) |
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C Preparing and issuing the claim |
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46 | (12) |
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Standing in judicial review planning challenges |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (4) |
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Standing in statutory challenges |
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54 | (4) |
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D The provision of information about financial resources and Aarhus Convention claims |
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58 | (4) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (3) |
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E Time limits, promptness and delay |
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62 | (4) |
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Calculating time for the purposes of issuing a claim |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (6) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (3) |
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Category of claim - `significant' claims |
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71 | (1) |
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G Responding to an acknowledgment of service |
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72 | (1) |
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H Seeking permission to proceed |
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73 | (3) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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Appealing the refusal of permission |
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76 | (1) |
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I Applications for interim relief |
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76 | (5) |
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Interim relief in judicial review claims |
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77 | (3) |
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Interim relief in statutory challenges |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (1) |
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L The substantive hearing |
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83 | (5) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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Appeals in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (3) |
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92 | (9) |
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Practice Directions 54A, 54D, 54E |
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92 | (1) |
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Summary Grounds of Defence |
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92 | (4) |
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Interim orders: interim relief, striking out, disclosure |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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D Planning Statutory Reviews |
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101 | (14) |
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Practice Directions 8C, 54D and 54E |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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Interim orders planning statutory reviews: interim relief, striking out, disclosure |
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105 | (2) |
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The statutory six-week time period |
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107 | (2) |
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Matters specific to challenges to development plans and other relevant documents (PCPA 2004, s 113) |
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109 | (3) |
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Matters specific to challenges to the grant or refusal of planning permission and listed building consent (TCPA 1990, s 288 and P(LBCA)A 1990, s 63) |
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112 | (3) |
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E Planning Statutory Appeals |
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115 | (5) |
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Practice Directions 52D and 54D |
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115 | (2) |
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Overlap between s288 and s289 TCPA 1990 |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (2) |
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F Compromise, consenting to judgment, redetermination |
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120 | (2) |
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G Resisting claims in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court |
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122 | (3) |
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5 Powers Of The Planning Court |
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A Planning Court Jurisdiction |
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125 | (1) |
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B General Powers Of Case Management |
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126 | (6) |
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127 | (1) |
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General powers relating to orders |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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Remedying errors of procedure |
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128 | (1) |
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Amendment of claim and substitution of parties |
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129 | (1) |
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Striking out a statement of case |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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C Case Management Of Judicial Review Claims |
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132 | (7) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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D Case Management Of Statutory Challenges |
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139 | (3) |
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Applications to the High Court |
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139 | (3) |
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142 | (5) |
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Judicial review proceedings |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (3) |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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Declarations of incompatibility |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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B General Principles Relating To Costs |
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153 | (6) |
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Court's discretion and the general rule |
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153 | (1) |
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Method of assessing the amount of costs |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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Costs against non-parties |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (1) |
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Special methods of funding |
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158 | (1) |
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C Judicial Reviews In The Planning Court - Costs At The Permission Stage |
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159 | (2) |
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Where permission is granted |
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159 | (1) |
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Where permission is refused |
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159 | (2) |
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D Statutory Challenges In The Planning Court - Costs At The Permission Stage |
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161 | (2) |
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E Costs Following Discontinuance/Consent To Relief |
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163 | (3) |
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163 | (1) |
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Settled or withdrawn claims |
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163 | (3) |
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F Costs Upon Final Determination |
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166 | (3) |
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Exercise of discretion in judicial review/planning appeals |
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166 | (1) |
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Multiple defendants and interested parties |
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167 | (1) |
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PART 36 offers in judicial reviews |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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G Protective Costs Orders And Cost Capping |
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169 | (13) |
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169 | (1) |
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Background and Corner House |
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169 | (2) |
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Aarhus Convention: overview of relevant provisions |
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171 | (1) |
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Aarhus Convention: application |
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172 | (1) |
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The meaning of `not prohibitively expensive' |
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173 | (1) |
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Problems with using PCOs to achieve compliance with the Aarhus Convention: Commission v UK |
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174 | (1) |
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Fixed costs regime under CPR Part 45 |
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175 | (2) |
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Problems with the fixed costs regime |
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177 | (2) |
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Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015: non-environmental cases |
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179 | (3) |
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Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015: environmental cases |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (3) |
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7 Key Legal Principles In Planning Court Claims |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (22) |
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Misinterpretation of policy |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (6) |
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Material and immaterial considerations and s 70 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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C Approach taken by Court in challenges |
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208 | (7) |
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Challenges not reflecting way case put to Inspector/Council |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (4) |
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Approach to Inspectors' decision letters |
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212 | (2) |
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Secretary of State's approach to Inspector's recommendations |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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D Relief/discretion to quash |
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215 | (2) |
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Examples of refusal to quash |
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215 | (1) |
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Examples of refusing to exercise the discretion not to quash |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (13) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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Condition/limitation distinction |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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Community Infrastructure Levy |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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General Permitted Development Order (`GPDO') |
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222 | (1) |
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Meeting full objectively assessed need |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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Alternative sites/schemes |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Relationship with other regulatory regimes |
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228 | (1) |
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Local plans/neighbourhood plans |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (2) |
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230 | (1) |
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Best interests of children |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (5) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (2) |
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Strategic Environmental Assessment/Sustainability Appraisal |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (6) |
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Statements of common ground |
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237 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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Failure properly to complete claim form |
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239 | (1) |
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What can be challenged under s 288 or 289 |
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240 | (1) |
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Judicially reviewing development plans in progress |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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Disclosure and the duty of candour |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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Totally without merit claims |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (2) |
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Availability of relevant documents |
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243 | (1) |
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Viability assessments/confidential information |
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244 | (1) |
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Right to see draft s 106 agreements |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (86) |
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B Practice Directions and Protocols |
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331 | (88) |
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419 | (34) |
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