The WLR Daily case summaries
[2023] WLR(D) 89
King’s Bench Division
Halton Borough Council v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
[2023] EWHC 293 (Admin)
2023 Jan 27; Feb 13
Judge Stephen Davies sitting as a High Court judge
Planning— Statutory review— Time limit— Planning application called in by Secretary of State but withdrawn during public inquiry after local planning authority withdrawing support— Adverse costs order made against local authority on basis of unreasonable conduct— Authority seeking to challenge costs order by way of statutory review and applying for extension of time for service of claim form— Procedural ruled governing extension of time for service of statutory review claim form— Whether claim instead to be brought by way of judicial review claim— Whether permission to amend to be granted—
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), ss 77, 288, 284
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CPR
rr 3.1(2)(a), 7.5, 7.6