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Planning law [2015] JRC 054

Lagadu -v- Minister for Planning and Environment

Lagadu -v- Minister for Planning and Environment [2015] JRC 054 (10 March 2015)

The Royal Court upheld a planning permission for balconies at 10 La Chasse, finding the Minister’s decision was not unreasonable despite some loss of light and privacy.

  • Development permission
  • Listed buildings
  • Amenity impact
  • Privacy
  • Loss of light
  • Planning-law
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Planning law [2012] JRC 200

Hobson -v- Minister for Planning and Fairman

Hobson -v- Minister for Planning and Fairman [2012] JRC 200 (01 November 2012)

Appeal allowed against permission for a garage in the Coastal National Park. The court found Policy NE6 was misapplied and the departure from prior planning history was unjustified.

  • Development permission
  • Island plan
  • Coastal national park
  • Policy interpretation
  • Material considerations
  • Planning-law
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Planning law [2006] JRC 088A

Ledo -v- Planning & Environment 23-Jun-06

Ledo -v- Planning & Environment 23-Jun-06 [2006] JRC 088A (23 October 2006)

The Royal Court of Jersey dismissed an appeal against refusal of development permission for a driveway across farmland, holding the decision was not unreasonable.

  • Development permission
  • Countryside protection
  • Agricultural land use
  • Planning-law
  • Development-permission
  • Countryside-protection
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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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Administrative law [2002] JCA 129

Planning and Environment v Le Maistre

Planning and Environment v Le Maistre [2002] JCA 129 (11 July 2002)

The Court of Appeal held that the Planning and Environment Committee’s refusal of permission in the Agricultural Priority Zone was not unreasonable and allowed the appeal.

  • Development permission
  • Island planning (jersey) law 1964
  • Unreasonableness standard
  • Agricultural priority zone policy
  • Planning-law
  • Judicial-review
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Planning law [2002] JRC 118

AG v Benest

AG v Benest [2002] JRC 118 (11 June 2002)

The court found Mr Stein did not say no permit was needed, and that the site meeting left the nature and scale of the proposed development insufficiently clear.

  • Development permission
  • Curtilage
  • Site meeting
  • Mechanical diggers
  • Planning-law
  • Development-permission
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Planning law [2001] JRC 158

Le Maistre v P and E

Le Maistre v P and E [2001] JRC 158 (25 July 2001)

The Royal Court allowed an appeal against refusal of development permission for a bungalow on a small field in the Agricultural Priority Zone.

  • Development permission
  • Agricultural priority zone
  • Planning policy
  • Judicial review of administrative decisions
  • Planning-law
  • Development-permission
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Planning law [1990] JRC 100

Dowell Ltd v Island Development Committee

Dowell Ltd v Island Development Committee [1990] JRC 100 (11 July 1990)

The Jersey court dismissed Dowell Ltd’s challenge to the Island Development Committee’s refusal of development permission, holding the decision was within statutory powers.

  • Development permission
  • Planning appeal
  • Planning-law
  • Development-permission
  • Planning-appeal
  • Administrative-discretion
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