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Administrative-law [2026] EWHC 463 (Admin)

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

Wiltshire Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2026] EWHC 463 (Admin) (03 March 2026)

Planning statutory review dismissed: a post-decision fire damaging Hangar 3 did not retrospectively vitiate the inspector’s lawful permission.

  • Statutory-review
  • Mistake-of-fact
  • External-injustice
  • Listed-building-consent
  • Planning-permission
  • Heritage-assets
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Administrative-law [2025] EWHC 2278 (Admin)

Rickards, R (On the Application Of) v East Hertfordshire District Council

Rickards, R (On the Application Of) v East Hertfordshire District Council [2025] EWHC 2278 (Admin) (05 September 2025)

Judicial review of a prior approval for polytunnels: the court rejected challenges to the 5-hectare agricultural unit issue, but quashed the decision for failing to consider ancient woodland and listed-building impacts.

  • Permitted-development-rights
  • Prior-approval-procedure
  • Material-considerations-in-planning
  • Ancient-woodland-protection
  • Listed-building-setting
  • Judicial-review-grounds
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Planning-law [2025] EWHC 2256 (Admin)

Chidswell Action Group, R (On the Application Of) v Kirklees Council

Chidswell Action Group, R (On the Application Of) v Kirklees Council [2025] EWHC 2256 (Admin) (04 September 2025)

Judicial review of a planning permission for 181 dwellings succeeded because the section 106 agreement was not published before determination, defeating public comment rights.

  • Outline-planning-permission
  • Biodiversity-net-gain
  • Ecological-surveys
  • Section-106-agreement
  • Publication-requirements
  • Judicial-review-grounds
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Administrative-law

Sarah Moakes, R (on the application of) v Canterbury City Council

The Court of Appeal dismissed a planning judicial review challenge over a Canterbury AONB development, holding there was no material prejudice, adequate reasons were given, and the Medway appeal was distinguishable.

  • Procedural-fairness
  • Duty-to-give-reasons
  • Statutory-consultee-weight
  • Planning-permission
  • Area-of-outstanding-natural-beauty
  • Judicial-review-grounds
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Public-law [2025] EWHC 1879 (Admin)

Hall-Chung, R (On the Application Of) v Parole Board of England and Wales

Hall-Chung, R (On the Application Of) v Parole Board of England and Wales [2025] EWHC 1879 (Admin) (18 July 2025)

Judicial review of a Parole Board refusal to recommend open conditions succeeded because the panel relied on a material mistake about temporary release history.

  • Parole-board-decisions
  • Mistake-of-fact
  • Transfer-to-open-prison-conditions
  • Judicial-review-grounds
  • Judicial-review
  • Parole-board
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Immigration-law [2025] EWHC 1699 (Admin)

He Reigns Healthcare Services Ltd, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

He Reigns Healthcare Services Ltd, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 1699 (Admin) (24 June 2025)

The High Court refused permission for judicial review of a sponsor licence revocation, holding the Home Secretary could revoke for non-genuine vacancies without proving dishonesty.

  • Sponsor-licence-revocation
  • Genuine-vacancy-requirement
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Judicial-review-grounds
  • Immigration-rules
  • Genuine-vacancy
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Administrative-law [2025] EWCA Civ 763

Vince, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Transport

Vince, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Transport [2025] EWCA Civ 763 (13 June 2025)

The Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal and upheld the refusal of judicial review over withdrawal of active travel guidance under the Traffic Management Act 2004.

  • Statutory-guidance-withdrawal
  • Traffic-management
  • Active-travel-policy
  • Judicial-review-grounds
  • Policy-discretion
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative-law [2025] EWHC 1397 (Admin)

Folkestone and Hythe District Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor

Folkestone and Hythe District Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Anor [2025] EWHC 1397 (Admin) (06 June 2025)

Planning Court challenge dismissed. The judge held the inspector gave adequate reasons, correctly read Local Plan policy HB3, and lawfully omitted extra biodiversity and landscaping conditions.

  • Planning-permission
  • Local-plan-policy-interpretation
  • Conditions-on-planning-permission
  • Judicial-review-grounds
  • Adequacy-of-reasons
  • Planning-law
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Administrative-law [2025] EWHC 1319 (Admin)

Aina Khan Law Ltd v The Legal Ombudsman

Aina Khan Law Ltd v The Legal Ombudsman [2025] EWHC 1319 (Admin) (29 May 2025)

Judicial review of a Legal Ombudsman decision partly succeeded: the court found irrationality in the capacity assessment reasoning, but upheld the costs-updates findings.

  • Legal-ombudsman-jurisdiction
  • Mental-capacity-assessment
  • Costs-in-legal-services
  • Judicial-review-grounds
  • Remit-of-ombudsman
  • Judicial-review
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