R (Arnold White Estates Ltd) v Forestry Commission

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Planning permission — Conditions — Felling licence — Forestry Commission issuing notice enforcing compliance with felling licence restocking conditions — Planning permission for mixed use development also granted — Enforcement notice not withdrawn in light of planning permission being issued — Letters issued after date of notice confirming that notice still in effect — Company issuing judicial review claim more than three months after date on notice — Whether claim out of time — Whether letters “decision” effectively extending time limit — Forestry Act 1967 (c 10), s 24 — CPR r 54.5

[2022] EWCA Civ 1304; [2023] PTSR 242; [2022] WLR(D) 393, CA

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Forestry Act 1967 (c 10), s 24

Statutory Instruments

CPR (Civil Procedure Rules), r 54.5

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: R (Arnold White Estates Ltd) v Forestry Commission [2022] EWCA Civ 1304; [2023] PTSR 242; [2022] WLR(D) 393, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Arnold White Estates Ltd) v Forestry Commission [2022] EWCA Civ 1304; [2023] PTSR 242; [2022] WLR(D) 393, CA

Grundy (R on the application of) v Halton Division Magistrates Court [2003] EWHC 272 (Admin); [2003] EWHC 272 Admin, QBD

Inclusion Housing Community Interest Co v Regulator of Social Housing [2020] EWHC 346 (Admin), QBD

McInerney v Portland Port Ltd [2001] 1 PLR 104; [2001] JPL 1295, DC

R (Fulford Parish Council) v City of York Council [2019] EWCA Civ 1359; [2020] PTSR 152; [2019] WLR(D) 435, CA

R (Thornton Hall Hotel Ltd) v Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council [2019] EWCA Civ 737; [2019] PTSR 1794; [2019] WLR(D) 249, CA

R v Bristol City Council, Ex parte Everett [1999] 1 WLR 92; [1998] 3 All ER 603; 96 LGR 531, QBD

Rockall v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2008] EWHC 2408 (Admin), QBD

The Fire Brigades Union, R (On the Application Of) v South Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Authority [2018] EWHC 1229 (Admin), QBD

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: R (Arnold White Estates Ltd) v Forestry Commission [2022] EWCA Civ 1304; [2023] PTSR 242; [2022] WLR(D) 393, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: R (Arnold White Estates Ltd) v Forestry Commission [2022] EWCA Civ 1304; [2023] PTSR 242; [2022] WLR(D) 393, CA

R (Wickford Development Co Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2024] EWHC 2034 (Admin); [2024] PTSR 1837; [2024] WLR(D) 375, KBD