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Administrative law [2025] JRC 139

Neville v Bray and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing

Neville v Bray and Ors (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Mowschenson : Planning) [2025] JRC 139 (23 May 2025)

The Jersey Royal Court dismissed a misfeasance in public office claim arising from planning enforcement and prosecution over unauthorized window replacements.

  • Misfeasance in public office
  • Malfeasance in public office
  • Planning permission
  • Enforcement notice
  • Retrospective application
  • Vicarious liability
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Planning law [2015] JRC 189

Whitworth -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Whitworth -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2015] JRC 189 (15 September 2015)

Third-party planning appeal allowed: the Royal Court held there was no sufficient justification to depart from Green Zone policy and quashed permission, except for a fence extension.

  • Change of use
  • Domestic curtilage
  • Green zone policy
  • Agricultural land protection
  • Planning permission
  • Enforcement notice
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Planning law [2015] JRC 013

Manning -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Manning -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2015] JRC 013 (19 January 2015)

The Royal Court held that a planning permit was invalid because the owner’s certificate required by Article 9(3) was missing, and set it aside.

  • Planning permission
  • Enforcement notice
  • Change of use
  • Owner's consent
  • Procedural fairness
  • Planning-law
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Planning law [2011] JRC 029

Manning -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Manning -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2011] JRC 029 (02 February 2011)

The Royal Court dismissed a planning appeal against an enforcement notice, holding that storage on hard standing east of a shed was unauthorised absent formal change-of-use permission.

  • Enforcement notice
  • Change of use
  • Curtilage
  • Agricultural use
  • Storage permission
  • Planning-law
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Planning law [2010] JRC 143B

Burnett -v- Minister for Planning

Burnett -v- Minister for Planning [2010] JRC 143B (03 August 2010)

The Royal Court dismissed a planning appeal over a retrospective pool house and land encroachment, holding the refusal was not unreasonable.

  • Retrospective planning permission
  • Enforcement notice
  • Curtilage definition
  • Exempt development
  • Island plan policies
  • Procedural fairness
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Planning law [2004] JRC 065

Lister v Environment and Public Services Committee

Lister v Environment and Public Services Committee [2004] JRC 065 (06 April 2004)

The Royal Court held the shed had a pre-1965 commercial use that was never abandoned, so enforcement notices requiring cessation of use were quashed.

  • Existing use rights
  • Enforcement notice
  • Commercial use
  • Nuisance
  • Change of use
  • Existing-use-rights
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Planning law [2003] JRC 188

Sunier v Planing and Environment

Sunier v Planing and Environment [2003] JRC 188 (23 October 2003)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against a planning enforcement notice, finding the committee’s decision unreasonable because it relied on inadequate evidence and should have involved a site visit.

  • Enforcement notice
  • Development permission
  • Reasonableness of administrative decision
  • Site visit necessity
  • Privacy
  • Visual amenity
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Planning law [1998] UR 189

1998/189 - Towerocque Ltd v Planning and Environment Committee

1998/189 - Towerocque Ltd v Planning and Environment Committee [1998] UR 189 (15 September 1998)

The court refused to strike out a planning appeal, finding no clear concession to comply with the enforcement notice and noting the notice appeared uncertain.

  • Enforcement notice
  • Striking out applications
  • Uncertainty in legal notices
  • Planning appeals
  • Planning-law
  • Enforcement-notice
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Planning law [1998] UR 103

1998/103 - Bower v Planning and Environment Committee

1998/103 - Bower v Planning and Environment Committee [1998] UR 103 (22 May 1998)

The Court dismissed Mr Bower’s appeal against a planning enforcement notice, finding the works were unauthorised and the Committee’s decision was not unreasonable.

  • Enforcement notice
  • Retrospective planning consent
  • Unauthorised development
  • Procedural fairness
  • Reasonableness of administrative decision
  • Planning-law
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