Sandpit Lodge, Essendon: APP/J1915/X/23/3329462
Sandpit Lodge confirms that a basement can fall within Class A where the excavation and support works are not, on the facts, a separate engineering activity of substance.
Certificates of lawfulness case law
Browse 36 cases in the Planning Geek Case Law Library concerning Certificates of lawfulness.
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Lazari Properties 2 Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2023] EWHC 2026 (Admin)
Lazari confirms that a planning condition can continue to restrict uses despite later changes to the Use Classes Order where its wording and purpose require it.
Crawley Borough Council, R (on the application of) v Helberg (t/a The Evesleigh Group) [2004] EWHC 160 (Admin)
Crawley Borough Council, R (on the application of) v Helberg (t/a The Evesleigh Group) [2004] EWHC 160 (Admin) Crawley C3(b) case is an important High Court authority on whether adults receiving full-time care can still live together as a single household where...North Devon District Council v The First Secretary of State [2003] EWHC 157 (Admin)
North Devon District Council v The First Secretary of State [2003] EWHC 157 (Admin) North Devon children’s home case is an important High Court authority on the boundary between Use Class C3(b) and C2 where children are cared for by staff working shifts.The...Stephen Grendon v First Secretary of State & Cotswold District Council [2006] EWHC 1711 (Admin)
Grendon confirms that planning law looks at both a building’s physical attributes and its actual or intended use. Living in a structure does not by itself make it a dwellinghouse.
