Pyx Granite Co Ltd v Ministry Of Housing And Local Government

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Town and country planning — Development — “Authorised by Act” — Private Act enacting that heads of agreement between parties “are hereby confirmed and made binding” on parties — Whether provisions binding as a contract or as a statute — Whether permission required — Quarrying — Permission granted subject to conditions imposed by Minister — Whether conditions related to permitted development valid without provision for compensation — Malvern Hills Act, 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. xxxvi), s. 54, Sch. 4 — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6, c. 51), ss. 14, 15, 17, 26, 27 — Town and Country Planning General Development Order, 1950 (S.I. 1950, No. 728), arts. 3 (1), 4 (1), Sch. I, Class XII.

[1958] 1 QB 554; [1958] 2 WLR 371, CA

[1960] AC 260; [1959] 3 WLR 346, HL

PLANNING — Town and country planning — Development — Conditions — Validity.

[1958] 1 QB 554; [1958] 2 WLR 371, CA

[1960] AC 260; [1959] 3 WLR 346, HL

PRACTICE — Practice and procedure — Declaratory judgment — Town and Country Planning — Development — Declaration — Whether jurisdiction to grant declarations ousted by statute — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, ss. 14, 15, 17.

[1958] 1 QB 554; [1958] 2 WLR 371, CA

[1960] AC 260; [1959] 3 WLR 346, HL

STATUTE — Construction — Jurisdiction of High Court — Not to be taken away save by clear words.

[1958] 1 QB 554; [1958] 2 WLR 371, CA

[1960] AC 260; [1959] 3 WLR 346, HL

CROWN PRACTICE — Certiorari — Inferior tribunal — Minister — Town and Country Planning — Development — Validity of conditions — Whether certiorari will lie — Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, s. 14.

[1958] 1 QB 554; [1958] 2 WLR 371, CA

[1960] AC 260; [1959] 3 WLR 346, HL

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