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Administrative law [2026] EWHC 109 (Admin)

Launchbury v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors

Launchbury v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Ors [2026] EWHC 109 (Admin) (23 January 2026)

Permission to seek statutory review was refused. The court held the planning inspector's decision on a gypsy/traveller site was a lawful planning judgment, not an arguable error of law.

  • Statutory review
  • Planning permission
  • Gypsy/traveller sites
  • Biodiversity net gain
  • Landscape impact
  • Flood risk
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Planning law [2025] EWHC 2701 (Admin)

Connors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

Connors v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2025] EWHC 2701 (Admin) (21 October 2025)

Permission to appeal was refused in a planning enforcement challenge, after the court found serious procedural non-compliance and no arguable error of law.

  • Enforcement notice
  • Flood risk
  • Biodiversity
  • Protected species
  • Compliance with practice directions
  • Permission to appeal
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Planning law

Mead Realisations Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

The Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) did not amend or override the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) policy but clarified and elucidated its meaning. The inspector lawfully applied the sequential test as clarified by the PPG, and properly assessed the proposal's conflict with both national and local policy. There is no legal principle preventing the Secretary of State from adopting guidance in the PPG that clarifies or amends the NPPF. The appeal is dismissed as no public law error occurred.

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  • Sequential test
  • Flood risk
  • Interpretation of national planning policy framework (nppf)
  • Planning practice guidance (ppg)
  • Development plan policy
  • Material considerations
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Administrative law [2025] EWCA Civ 32

Mead Realisations Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

Mead Realisations Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 32 (30 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal upheld dismissal of a planning statutory review, holding that PPG guidance on the flood-risk sequential test lawfully clarified the NPPF.

  • Sequential test
  • Flood risk
  • National planning policy framework (nppf)
  • Planning practice guidance (ppg)
  • Development plan policy
  • Material considerations
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Planning law

Mead Realisations Limited v The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities & Anor

The court held that the Inspectors correctly interpreted and applied the sequential test for flood risk under the NPPF and PPG. The PPG is a legitimate elucidation of the NPPF and may clarify its meaning. The sequential test is broad and allows for judgment and flexibility; it is not confined to the specific requirements of the developer's proposal. General need for development is not relevant to the sequential test but may be considered in the overall planning balance. The Inspectors did not err in law or fetter their discretion by treating the PPG as binding. The challenges were dismissed.

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  • Sequential test
  • Flood risk
  • National planning policy framework (nppf)
  • Planning practice guidance (ppg)
  • Development plan policy
  • Interpretation of policy
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Planning law [2023] EWHC 204 (Admin)

Soilleux v Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities

Soilleux v Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities [2023] EWHC 204 (Admin) (02 February 2023)

Court refused permission for judicial review and leave for statutory review in a planning dispute over reserved matters, flood risk, and a Parameters Plan.

  • Outline planning permission
  • Reserved matters approval
  • Flood risk
  • Delay in judicial review
  • Interpretation of planning conditions
  • Surface water drainage
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Planning law [2022] EWHC 3335 (Admin)

Schneck v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities & Anor

Schneck v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities & Anor [2022] EWHC 3335 (Admin) (21 December 2022)

High Court planning review over affordable housing, flood risk, and fallback development. The court upheld the flood-risk ground challenge and dismissed the rest.

  • Affordable housing
  • Flood risk
  • Viability assessment
  • Permitted development rights
  • Sequential test
  • Exception test
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