Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Planning permission — Validity — Local planning authority refusing permission for residential development — Secretary of State granting permission on appeal without considering inconsistent previous decision on deliverability of five-year housing supply in area — Whether unreasonable failure to take material consideration into account — Whether obvious materiality of consideration correct test of unreasonableness — Whether Secretary of State required to take previous decision into account where not drawn to his attention — Whether decision on planning appeal unlawful

[2017] EWHC 2057 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1513; [2017] WLR (D) 549, QBD

PLANNING — Planning permission — Validity — Local planning authority refusing permission for residential development — Secretary of State granting permission on appeal without considering inconsistent previous decision on appeal in similar case in same area — Whether Secretary of State required to take previous decision into account where not drawn to his attention — Whether decision on planning appeal unlawful

[2018] EWCA Civ 1305; [2018] PTSR 2063; [2018] WLR(D) 358, CA

Appellate History

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] EWCA Civ 1305; [2018] PTSR 2063; [2018] WLR(D) 358, CA

Cases considered in: Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 2057 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1513; [2017] WLR (D) 549, QBD

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 2057 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1513; [2017] WLR (D) 549, QBD

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Bath Society v Secretary of State for the Environment [1991] 1 WLR 1303; [1992] 1 All ER 28; 89 LGR 834; [1991] 2 PLR 51; (1991) 4 Admin LR 77; (1991) 62 P & CR 565; [1991] JPL 663; The Times, 14 February 1991, CA

Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment [2001] 2 AC 603; [2000] 3 WLR 420; [2000] 3 All ER 897, HL(E)

Bloor Homes East Midlands Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2014] EWHC 754 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1283; [2014] CN 680, QBD

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Cotswold District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2013] EWHC 3719 (Admin); [2014] CN 383, QBD

Dear v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 29 (Admin), QBD

Derbyshire Dales District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWHC 1729 (Admin); [2010] 1 P & CR 19, QBD

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R (London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association) v Lord Chancellor (No 2) [2015] EWHC 295 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 78, DC

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Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [1977] AC 1014; [1976] 3 WLR 641; [1976] 3 All ER 665; 75 LGR 190, HL(E) and CA

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Smyth v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 174; [2015] PTSR 1417; [2015] CN 472, CA

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St Alban’s City and District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 655 (Admin); [2015] CN 549, QBD

Sweetman v An Bord Pleanála (Case C-258/11); EU:C:2013:220; [2014] PTSR 1092; [2013] 3 CMLR 16; [2015] Env LR 18; [2013] CN 521, ECJ

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Wiltshire Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 1459 (Admin)

Cases cited in: Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] EWCA Civ 1305; [2018] PTSR 2063; [2018] WLR(D) 358, CA

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corpn [1947] EWCA Civ 1; [1948] 1 KB 223; [1947] 2 All ER 680; 45 LGR 635; 63 TLR 623; (1947) 177 LT 641; (1948) 92 SJ 26, CA

Bath Society v Secretary of State for the Environment [1991] 1 WLR 1303; [1992] 1 All ER 28; 89 LGR 834; [1991] 2 PLR 51; (1991) 4 Admin LR 77; (1991) 62 P & CR 565; [1991] JPL 663; The Times, 14 February 1991, CA

Bloor Homes East Midlands Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2014] EWHC 754 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1283; [2014] CN 680, QBD

Borough Of Telford & Wrekin v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 3073 (Admin), QBD

CREEDNZ Inc v Governor-General [1981] 1 NZLR 172, CA (NZ)

Chelmsford City Council v Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government [2016] EWHC 3329 (QB), QBD

City of Edinburgh Council v Secretary of State for Scotland [1997] 1 WLR 1447; [1998] 1 All ER 174, HL(Sc)

Connolly & Ors v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWCA Civ 1059, CA

Cotswold District Council v Secretary Of State For Communities & Local Government [2013] EWHC 3719 (Admin); [2013] EWHC 3719 (Admin), QBD

Daventry District Council v SSCLG [2016] EWCA Civ 1146; [2017] JPL 402, CA

Dear v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 29 (Admin), QBD

Derbyshire Dales District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWHC 1729 (Admin); [2010] 1 P & CR 19, QBD

Dignity Funerals Ltd v Breckland District Council [2017] EWHC 1492 (Admin), QBD

Dunster Properties Ltd v The First Secretary of State & Anor [2007] EWCA Civ 236, CA

E v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 49; [2004] QB 1044; [2004] 2 WLR 1351; [2004] LGR 463, CA

Fox Strategic Land and Property Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2012] EWCA Civ 1198, CA

Gallagher Estates Ltd v Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1610, CA

Granchester Retail Parks Plc v Secretary of State for Transport Local Government and the Regions [2003] EWHC 92 (Admin); [2003] EWHC 92 Admin, QBD

Hertfordshire Investments Ltd v Bubb [2000] 1 WLR 2318, CA

Hopkins Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] UKSC 37; [2017] 1 WLR 1865; [2017] PTSR 623; [2017] 4 All ER 938; [2017] WLR (D) 319; Case details, SC(E)

In re Findlay [1985] AC 318; [1984] 3 WLR 1159; [1984] 3 All ER 801, HL(E)

Jones (R on the Application of) v North Warwickshire Borough Council [2001] EWCA Civ 315, CA

Ladd v Marshall [1954] 1 WLR 1489; [1954] 3 All ER 745; (1954) FLR Rep 422, CA

Landelijke Vereniging tot Behoud van de Waddenzee v Staatssecretaris van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij (Case C-127/02); EU:C:2004:482; [2005] All ER (EC) 353; [2005] 2 CMLR 31; [2004] ECR I-7405; [2005] Env LR 14, ECJ (GC)

London Borough of Hounslow v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government [2009] EWHC 1055 (Admin), QBD

North Wiltshire District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1991] 2 PLR 67, High Ct

Pertemps Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government & Anor [2015] EWHC 2308 (Admin), QBD

R ( Langley Park School for Girls) v Bromley London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 734; [2010] 1 P & CR 10, CA

R (Al Rawi) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (United Nations High Comr for Refugees intervening) [2006] EWCA Civ 1279; [2008] QB 289; [2007] 2 WLR 1219, CA

R (Alconbury Developments Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2001] UKHL 23; [2003] 2 AC 295; [2001] 2 WLR 1389; [2001] 2 All ER 929, HL(E)

R (Cooper) v Ashford Borough Council [2016] EWHC 1525 (Admin); [2016] PTSR 1455; [2016] WLR (D) 342, QBD

R (D) v Parole Board [2018] EWHC 694 (Admin); [2019] QB 285; [2018] 3 WLR 829; [2018] 3 All ER 417; [2018] WLR (D) 195, DC

R (DLA Delivery Ltd) v Lewes District Council [2017] EWCA Civ 58; [2017] PTSR 949; [2017] WLR (D) 95, CA

R (Faraday Development Ltd) v West Berkshire Council [2016] EWHC 2166 (Admin), QBD

R (Hurst) v London Northern District Coroner [2007] UKHL 13; [2007] 2 AC 189; [2007] 2 WLR 726; [2007] 2 All ER 1025, HL(E)

R (Khatun) v Newham London Borough Council [2004] EWCA Civ 55; [2005] QB 37; [2004] 3 WLR 417; [2004] LGR 696, CA

R (London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association) v Lord Chancellor (No 2) [2015] EWHC 295 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 78, DC

R (Luton Borough Council) v Central Bedfordshire Council [2014] EWHC 4325 (Admin); [2015] CN 22, QBD

R (National Association of Health Stores) v Secretary of State for Health [2005] EWCA Civ 154; The Times, 9 March 2005, CA

R (Plant) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2016] EWHC 3324 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 453, QBD

R (South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) v Hospital Managers of St George’s Hospital [2016] EWHC 1196 (Admin); [2017] 1 WLR 1528; [2016] WLR (D) 353, QBD

R (WL (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 12; [2012] 1 AC 245; [2011] 2 WLR 671; [2011] 4 All ER 1; [2011] WLR (D) 100; Case details, SC(E)

R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Ex p Baber [1996] JPL 1034, CA

Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council [1977] AC 1014; [1976] 3 WLR 641; [1976] 3 All ER 665; 75 LGR 190, HL(E) and CA

South Bucks District Council v Porter (No 2) [2004] UKHL 33; [2004] 1 WLR 1953; [2004] 4 All ER 775, HL(E)

South Oxfordshire District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Anor [2016] EWHC 1173 (Admin), QBD

St Alban’s City and District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 655 (Admin); [2015] CN 549, QBD

Stroud District Council v Secretary Of State For Communities & Local Government [2015] EWHC 488 (Admin), QBD

Sweetman v An Bord Pleanála (Case C-258/11); EU:C:2013:220; [2014] PTSR 1092; [2013] 3 CMLR 16; [2015] Env LR 18; [2013] CN 521, ECJ

Wiltshire Council v Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government & Ors [2015] EWHC 1459 (Admin), QBD

Wychavon District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC 592 (Admin); [2016] PTSR 675; [2016] WLR (D) 158, QBD

Cases citing

Cases citing: Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 2057 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 1513; [2017] WLR (D) 549, QBD

Hallam Land Management Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 2865 (Admin), QBD

Protect Dunsfold Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2023] EWHC 1854 (Admin), KBD

R (Holborn Studios Ltd) v Hackney London Borough Council [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); [2018] PTSR 997; [2017] WLR(D) 752, QBD

R (McLennan) v Medway Council [2019] EWHC 1738 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 2025; [2019] WLR(D) 393, QBD

The Queen on the Application of Hetherington v London Borough of Lambeth [2018] EWHC 2205 (Admin), QBD

Cases citing: Baroness Cumberlege of Newick v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] EWCA Civ 1305; [2018] PTSR 2063; [2018] WLR(D) 358, CA

Abbotskerswell Parish Council v Secretary of State for Housing. Communities and Local Government [2021] EWHC 555 (Admin), QBD

Astral De La Mare v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2021] EWHC 2724 (Admin), QBD

Brent London Borough Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2022] EWHC 1875 (Admin), QBD

CAB Housing Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2022] EWHC 208 (Admin); [2022] PTSR 1027; [2022] WLR(D) 66, QBD

Canterbury City Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] EWHC 1211 (Admin), QBD

Gladman Developments Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2019] EWHC 127 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 1302; [2019] WLR(D) 48, QBD

HJ Banks & Co Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2018] EWHC 3141 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 668; [2018] WLR(D) 767, QBD

Hallam Land Management Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] EWCA Civ 1808; [2018] EWCA Civ 1808; [2019] JPL 63, CA

Hardcastle v Buckinghamshire Council [2022] EWHC 2905 (Admin), QBD

Keep Bourne End Green v Buckingham Council [2020] EWHC 1984 (Admin), QBD

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R (Bates) v Maldon District Council (Cant, interested party) [2019] EWCA Civ 1272; [2019] EWCA civ 1272, CA

R (British Medical Association) v Secretary of State for Defence [2022] EWHC 1262 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 4831; [2023] 1 All ER 860; [2022] WLR(D) 234, QBD

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R (Elliott) v London Metal Exchange [2023] EWHC 2969 (Admin), DC

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R (Irving) v Mid Sussex District Council [2019] EWHC 3406 (Admin), QBD

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