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Administrative law [2017] JRC 069

Guest -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Guest -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2017] JRC 069 (10 May 2017)

The Royal Court refused a one-day-late planning appeal extension: although Article 6 ECHR was engaged, no exceptional circumstances justified relief.

  • Extension of time
  • Third party appeals
  • Civil rights under echr
  • Listed buildings
  • Green zone policy
  • Planning-law
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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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Administrative law [2015] JRC 176

Bougeard -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Bougeard -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2015] JRC 176 (26 August 2015)

Third-party planning appeal over a Green Zone extension was dismissed. The court held the Minister’s grant of permission was not unreasonable.

  • Planning permission
  • Green zone policy
  • Island plan
  • Privacy
  • Amenity
  • Human rights
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Planning law [2014] JRC 031

Team Management Limited -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Team Management Limited -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2014] JRC 031 (03 February 2014)

The Royal Court allowed a planning appeal, holding that the Panel had unfairly relied on irrelevant gross-margin conditions from a temporary dwelling when refusing a new barn.

  • Planning permission
  • Agricultural development
  • Green zone policy
  • Judicial review
  • Bias in tribunal
  • Planning-permission
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Planning law [2013] JRC 141

Cox and Eynon -v- Minister of Planning and Environment

Cox and Eynon -v- Minister of Planning and Environment [2013] JRC 141 (22 July 2013)

Planning appeal dismissed: the court upheld permission in principle for a replacement dwelling in Jersey’s Green Zone, finding no irrationality or material error in the Minister’s decision.

  • Green zone policy
  • Coastal national park policy
  • Planning permission
  • Loss of amenity
  • Domestic curtilage
  • Development control
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Planning law [2010] JRC 108

Ferrara -v- Minister for Planning

Ferrara -v- Minister for Planning [2010] JRC 108 (08 June 2010)

Appeals over planning permission for marquee events at St Ouen’s Manor were allowed in part: the court imposed limits on event frequency and revised access conditions.

  • Planning permission
  • Conditions on development
  • Green zone policy
  • Material considerations
  • Judicial review of administrative action
  • Planning-law
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Administrative law [2009] JRC 244A

Steenson -v- Minister of Planning

Steenson -v- Minister of Planning [2009] JRC 244A (14 December 2009)

The Royal Court of Jersey allowed a third-party planning appeal, finding the grant of permission for a substantial roof extension in the Green Zone unreasonable.

  • Planning permission
  • Third party appeals
  • Green zone policy
  • Privacy
  • Amenity
  • Island plan
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Planning law [2009] JCA 219

Minister for Planning and Environment -v- Dorey

Minister for Planning and Environment -v- Dorey [2009] JCA 219 (19 November 2009)

The Court of Appeal allowed the Minister’s appeal, holding that the Royal Court should not have quashed the refusal of planning permission or imposed a condition requiring materially different development.

  • Planning permission
  • Unreasonableness standard
  • Conditional planning permission
  • Consultation requirements
  • Green zone policy
  • Planning-law
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Planning law [2009] JRC 147

Dorey -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Dorey -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2009] JRC 147 (28 July 2009)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against refusal of vehicular access to a home, finding the safety risks of the existing pedestrian access outweighed the landscape objections.

  • Vehicular access
  • Green zone policy
  • Landscape protection
  • Planning permission
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Planning-law
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Administrative law [2001] JRC 236

Token Ltd v Planning and Environment

Token Ltd v Planning and Environment [2001] JRC 236 (28 November 2001)

The Royal Court of Jersey dismissed Token Limited’s planning appeal, holding that refusal of permission for three bungalows in the Green Zone was not unreasonable.

  • Planning permission
  • Green zone policy
  • Legitimate expectation
  • Estoppel
  • Statutory appeals
  • Unreasonableness in administrative decisions
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