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Browse 5 cases in the Planning Geek Case Law Library concerning Scotland.
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ScottishPower v Scottish Ministers considers suspensive conditions, unresolved regulatory approvals, post-inquiry information, relevant considerations and the limits of judicial review in a Scottish wind-farm decision.
House of Lords authority behind the ‘Grampian condition’: development may be prohibited until an off-site event occurs even where that event is outside the applicant’s direct control.
House of Lords authority on the statutory priority of the development plan and the role of other material considerations in the planning balance.
The Supreme Court held that a pooled infrastructure contribution scheme was unlawful where payments could fund projects with only a trivial connection to the development. Planning policy cannot make an otherwise irrelevant contribution material.
Trump International is a Supreme Court authority on interpreting conditions in public consents and the limited circumstances in which words may be implied.
