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Fawcett Properties Ltd v Buckingham County Council

Subject Matter

STATUTE — Construction — Uncertainty — Whether provision void — Provision incorporated in condition of planning permission — Whether condition valid — Housing Act 1936, s 115 (2).

[1959] Ch 543; [1961] AC 636; [1958] 1 WLR 1161; [1959] 2 WLR 884; [1960] 3 WLR 831

PLANNING — Town and country planning — Development — Planning permission — Condition — Relation of condition to local planning considerations — Whether condition void for uncertainty — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 51), ss. 14 (1), 36.

[1959] Ch 543; [1961] AC 636; [1958] 1 WLR 1161; [1959] 2 WLR 884; [1960] 3 WLR 831

HOUSING — “Agricultural population” — Meaning — Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 51), s. 115 (2) — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 51), s. 119 (1).

[1959] Ch 543; [1961] AC 636; [1958] 1 WLR 1161; [1959] 2 WLR 884; [1960] 3 WLR 831

BY-LAW — Validity — Uncertainty — Condition of planning permission — Whether analogous to by-law — Town and country Planning Act, 1947, ss. 14 (1), 36.

[1959] Ch 543; [1961] AC 636; [1958] 1 WLR 1161; [1959] 2 WLR 884; [1960] 3 WLR 831

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Fawcett Properties Ltd v Buckingham County Council [1961] AC 636; [1960] 3 WLR 831; [1960] 3 All ER 503; 59 LGR 69, HL(E)

Explained in R (Wright) v Forest of Dean District Council [2019] UKSC 53; [2019] 1 WLR 6562; [2020] 2 All ER 1; [2019] WLR (D) 649, SC(E)

Applied in Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; [2016] 1 WLR 85; 2016 SC (UKSC) 25; [2017] 1 All ER 307; [2015] WLR (D) 524; Case details, SC(Sc)

Applied in Percy v Hall [1997] QB 924; [1997] 3 WLR 573; [1996] 4 All ER 523, CA

Applied in Newbury District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1981] AC 578; [1980] 2 WLR 379; [1980] 1 All ER 731; [1980] 1 All ER 731; 78 LGR 306, HL(E)

Considered in Newbury District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1978] 1 WLR 1241; [1979] 1 All ER 243; 77 LGR 60, CA

Applied in East Suffolk County Council v Secretary of State for the Environment (1972) 70 LGR 595, DC

Applied in City of London Corpn v Secretary of State for the Environment (1971) 71 LGR 28

Considered in Kingsway Investments (Kent) Ltd v Kent County Council [1969] 2 QB 332; [1969] 2 WLR 249; [1969] 1 All ER 601; 67 LGR 247, CA

Dicta of Lord Denning [1961] AC 636, 678 applied in Hall & Co Ltd v Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Council [1964] 1 WLR 240; [1964] 1 All ER 1; 62 LGR 206, CA

Considered in Mixnam’s Properties Ltd v Chertsey Urban District Council [1964] 1 QB 214; [1963] 3 WLR 38; [1963] 2 All ER 787; 61 LGR 489, CA

Considered in Wilson v West Sussex County Council [1963] 2 QB 764; [1963] 2 WLR 669; [1963] 1 All ER 751; 61 LGR 287, CA

Applied in Hall & Co Ltd v Shoreham-by-Sea Urban District Council (1963) 61 LGR 508

Cases citing

Cases citing: Fawcett Properties Ltd v Buckingham County Council [1961] AC 636; [1960] 3 WLR 831; [1960] 3 All ER 503; 59 LGR 69, HL(E)

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