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Immigration law [2024] CSOH 101

CD for Judicial Review (Court of Session)

CD for Judicial Review (Court of Session) [2024] CSOH 101 (12 November 2024)

The Court of Session reduced a visitor visa refusal because the decision-maker failed to comply with section 55 child-welfare duties and gave inadequate reasons.

  • Visitor visa refusal
  • Judicial review
  • Best interests of children
  • Section 55 borders, citizenship and immigration act 2009
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Material considerations
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Administrative law [2023] ScotCS CSIH_11

APPEAL BY ROBERT BRUCE AGAINST MORAY COUNCIL

APPEAL BY ROBERT BRUCE AGAINST MORAY COUNCIL [2023] ScotCS CSIH_11 (21 February 2023)

The Court of Session quashed Moray Council’s planning permission for houses at Portessie, holding the Local Review Body unlawfully relied on housing as a material consideration.

  • Local development plan
  • Planning permission
  • Material considerations
  • Environmental designation
  • Planning-law
  • Development-plan
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Planning law [2023] ScotCS CSIH_2

APPEAL BY TAYLOR WIMPEY UK LTD AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS

APPEAL BY TAYLOR WIMPEY UK LTD AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS [2023] ScotCS CSIH_2 (20 January 2023)

The Inner House refused Taylor Wimpey’s appeal against refusal of planning permission for a housing scheme at Planetreeyetts Farm in Kilmacolm.

  • Housing land supply
  • Development plan compliance
  • Material considerations
  • Sustainable development
  • Planning judgment
  • Planning-law
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Administrative law [2022] ScotCS CSOH_79

EDINBURGH CREMATORIUM LTD AGAINST EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL

EDINBURGH CREMATORIUM LTD AGAINST EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL [2022] ScotCS CSOH_79 (21 October 2022)

Judicial review of a planning permission for a crematorium failed. The court held the officer’s report did not materially mislead the committee.

  • Planning permission
  • Material considerations
  • Officer reports
  • Local development plan
  • Environmental impact
  • Employment generation
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Administrative law [2022] ScotCS CSIH_49

LESLIE SINCLAIR AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND ANOTHER

LESLIE SINCLAIR AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND ANOTHER [2022] ScotCS CSIH_49 (05 October 2022)

The Court of Session upheld planning permission for two Orkney wind farms, holding that their contribution to an interconnector project was a lawful material consideration.

  • Town and country planning
  • Renewable energy
  • Development plan
  • Material considerations
  • National planning framework
  • Interconnector approval
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Administrative law [2019] ScotCS CSOH_19

NO KINGSFORD STADIUM LIMITED AGAINST ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL AND ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB PLC

NO KINGSFORD STADIUM LIMITED AGAINST ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL AND ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB PLC [2019] ScotCS CSOH_19 (01 March 2019)

Judicial review of Aberdeen City Council’s grant of planning permission for a new stadium at Kingsford failed; the petition was refused.

  • Planning permission
  • Development plan interpretation
  • Green belt policy
  • Sequential site assessment
  • Material considerations
  • Statutory duties of local authorities
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Administrative law [2019] ScotCS CSIH_3

GRAHAMS THE FAMILY DAIRY LIMITED AND MACTAGGART & MICKEL HOMES LIMITED AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS

GRAHAMS THE FAMILY DAIRY LIMITED AND MACTAGGART & MICKEL HOMES LIMITED AGAINST THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS [2019] ScotCS CSIH_3 (23 January 2019)

The Inner House quashed refusal of planning permission, holding that ministers failed to account for the approved local development plan’s changed housing shortfall.

  • Material considerations
  • Local development plan
  • Housing land supply
  • Green belt policy
  • Sustainable development
  • Prematurity in planning decisions
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Administrative law [2015] ScotCS CSOH_27

St Andrews Environmental Protection Association Ltd, Re Judicial Review

St Andrews Environmental Protection Association Ltd, Re Judicial Review [2015] ScotCS CSOH_27 (20 March 2015)

The court refused judicial review of Fife Council’s grant of planning permission for a new Madras College at Pipeland, holding the North Haugh/Station Park option was lawfully treated as unsuitable.

  • Judicial review
  • Planning permission
  • Development plan
  • Material considerations
  • Site suitability
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2011] ScotCS CSIH_9

Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council & Anor

Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council & Anor [2011] ScotCS CSIH_9 (11 February 2011)

The Inner House refused Tesco’s judicial review challenge to Dundee’s grant of outline planning permission for a new superstore, holding that material considerations justified the decision.

  • Judicial review
  • Planning permission
  • Material considerations
  • Development plan
  • Sequential approach
  • Planning-permission
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Administrative law [2008] ScotCS CSOH_157

Baird & Anor v Langmuir & Anor

Baird & Anor v Langmuir & Anor [2008] ScotCS CSOH_157 (04 June 2008)

The Court of Session refused judicial review of East Renfrewshire Council’s grant of planning permission for a house extension, rejecting ultra vires, material consideration, and Wednesbury challenges.

  • Judicial review
  • Planning permission
  • Ultra vires
  • Material considerations
  • Wednesbury unreasonableness
  • Judicial-review
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