The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 222
King’s Bench Division
Bewley Homes plc v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and another
[2024] EWHC 1166 (Admin)
2024 March 12; May 16
Holgate J
Planning— Development— Planning permission— Developer seeking planning permission for residential development — Planning inspector on appeal giving medium weight to economic benefits of development and refusing permission on basis benefits not demonstrably outweighing adverse impacts— Whether inspector misinterpreting national planning policy— Whether required to give “significant weight” to economic benefits of development—
National Planning Policy Framework (2021), para 81