Ep206: Casebook Extra – the month’s key ministerial, inspectors’ and court decisions summarised

The latest edition of our monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions, in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles Planning’s long-running Casebook section. This month, we’ll be discussing:A minister refusing a 750-home scheme despite the site being found to be grey belt, as its location would lead to high car-dependency and would therefore be "inappropriate" green belt development; The energy secretary's approval of a development consent order for what would be one of the UK's largest solar farms, prompting legal action from a Reform-run local authority;The High Court quashing a housing approval due to the “apparent bias” of a planning committee member who was “friendly” with one of the applicants;The challenges facing older people's housing schemes that go to appeal; And why an inspector decided not to grant a lawful development certificate for a shipping container in a garden in Surrey, having considered whether or not it should be considered a building.More information on all these cases can be found in the May edition of Casebook on Planning Resource. Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.