Index card R (Devonhurst Investments Ltd) v Luton Borough Council

Hearings

28 Apr 2023 [2023] EWHC 978 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 1787; [2023] WLR(D) 202, KBD (Steyn J)

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Enforcement notice — Validity — Enforcement notice issued in respect of development of residential units — Whether local authority properly considering effect of enforcement action on residents of unauthorised units — Level of scrutiny of planning officer’s report where decision made by delegated officer rather than planning committee — Whether decision in breach of planning authority’s public sector equality duty — Whether compliance with duty of reasonable enquiry — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), s 172(1) — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149

[2023] EWHC 978 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 1787; [2023] WLR(D) 202, KBD

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), s 172(1)

Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: R (Devonhurst Investments Ltd) v Luton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 978 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 1787; [2023] WLR(D) 202, KBD

R (Noble) v Cornwall County Council [2022] EWHC 2402 (Admin), KBD Considered

R (Sheakh) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2022] EWCA Civ 457; [2022] PTSR 1315; [2022] WLR(D) 170, CA Applied

R (Mansell) v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314; [2019] PTSR 1452, CA Considered

R (Hayes) v Wychavon District Council [2014] EWHC 1987 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 1163; [2014] CN 1144, QBD Considered

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 Applied

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Devonhurst Investments Ltd) v Luton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 978 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 1787; [2023] WLR(D) 202, KBD

AFP Coleman v London Borough Of Barnet [2012] EWHC 3725 (Admin), QBD

Ardagh (R on the application of) v Chester City Council [2009] EWHC 745 (Admin), QBD

Belfast City Council v Miss Behavin’ Ltd [2007] UKHL 19; [2007] 1 WLR 1420; [2007] 3 All ER 1007; [2008] LGR 127, HL(NI)

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

Collins v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2013] EWCA Civ 1193; [2013] PTSR 1594; [2013] WLR (D) 376, CA

Corrie (R on the application of) v Suffolk County Council [2014] EWHC 2490 (Admin), QBD

Hotak v Southwark London Borough Council [2015] UKSC 30; [2016] AC 811; [2015] 2 WLR 1341; [2015] PTSR 1189; [2015] 3 All ER 1053; [2015] HLR 23; [2015] WLR (D) 224; The Times, 25 May 2015; Case details; [2015] BLGR 530, SC(E)

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

R (Balajigari) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 673; [2019] 1 WLR 4647; [2019] 4 All ER 998; [2019] WLR (D) 232, CA

R (Bracking) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 1345; [2014] Eq LR 60; 16 CCLR 479; [2013] CN 1661, CA

R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police (Information Comr intervening) [2020] EWCA Civ 1058; [2020] 1 WLR 5037; [2021] 2 All ER 1121; [2021] 1 Cr App R 4; [2020] HRLR 16; [2020] WLR (D) 474; The Times, 21 August 2020, CA

R (Corbett) v Cornwall Council [2020] EWCA Civ 508; [2020] JPL 1277, CA

R (Gathercole) v Suffolk County Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1179; [2021] PTSR 359; [2020] WLR(D) 509, CA

R (Hayes) v Wychavon District Council [2014] EWHC 1987 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 1163; [2014] CN 1144, QBD

R (Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council [2010] EWCA Civ 892; [2011] PTSR 645; [2010] WLR (D) 224, CA

R (Hough) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1635 (Admin), QBD

R (JS) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Child Poverty Action Group intervening) [2015] UKSC 16; [2015] 1 WLR 1449; [2015] PTSR 471; [2015] 4 All ER 939; [2015] HLR 21; [2015] HRLR 5; [2015] WLR (D) 159; The Times, 2 April 2015; (2015) 18 CCL Rep 215; Case details, SC(E)

R (K) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] EWHC 233 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 729; [2023] WLR(D) 74, KBD

R (Liquid Leisure Ltd) v Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council [2022] EWHC 1493 (Admin), QBD

R (Mansell) v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314; [2019] PTSR 1452, CA

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

R (Noble) v Cornwall County Council [2022] EWHC 2402 (Admin), KBD

R (Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee) v Secretary of State for Health [2018] EWCA Civ 1925; [2019] PTSR 885; [2018] WLR(D) 556, CA

R (Reprieve) v Prime Minister [2021] EWCA Civ 972; [2022] QB 447; [2022] 2 WLR 1; [2022] 2 All ER 279; [2021] WLR(D) 365; The Times, 13 August 2021, CA

R (Rights: Community: Action) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] EWHC 3073 (Admin); [2021] PTSR 553; [2020] WLR(D) 618, DC

R (SB) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15; [2007] 1 AC 100; [2006] 2 WLR 719; [2006] 2 All ER 487, HL(E)

R (SC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 26; [2022] AC 223; [2021] 3 WLR 428; [2022] 3 All ER 95; [2021] WLR(D) 382; The Times, 20 July 2021, SC(E)

R (Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster)) v North Yorkshire County Council [2020] UKSC 3; [2020] PTSR 221; [2020] 3 All ER 527; Case details, SC(E)

R (Sheakh) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2022] EWCA Civ 457; [2022] PTSR 1315; [2022] WLR(D) 170, CA

R (Usk Valley Conservative Group) v Brecon Beacons National Park Authority [2010] EWHC 71 (Admin); [2010] 2 P & CR 198, QBD

R (West Berkshire District Council) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWCA Civ 441; [2016] 1 WLR 3923; [2016] PTSR 982; [2016] WLR (D) 260, CA

R v Wicks [1998] AC 92; [1997] 2 WLR 876; [1997] 2 All ER 801, HL(E)

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

Stroud v North West Leicestershire District Council [2018] EWHC 2886 (Admin), QBD

The Queen (on the application of) Sunilkumar Bansilal Patel v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC 3354 (Admin), QBD

ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4; [2011] 2 AC 166; [2011] 2 WLR 148; [2011] 2 All ER 783; [2011] 1 FLR 2170; [2011] 1 FCR 221; [2011] HRLR 15; [2011] INLR 369; [2011] WLR (D) 32; The Times, 8 February 2011; Case details, SC(E)

Cases citing

Cases citing: R (Devonhurst Investments Ltd) v Luton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 978 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 1787; [2023] WLR(D) 202, KBD

Waverley Borough Council v Gray [2023] EWHC 2161 (KB), KBD

Commentary

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