Caldwell v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Enforcement notice — Appeal — Construction of dwelling on land having permission for agricultural use only — Local planning authority issuing enforcement notice seven years after substantial completion requiring demolition of building and reversion to agricultural use — Whether requirement to remove building unlawful — Limits or parameters of statutory power requiring restoration of land to condition prior to breach — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), ss 171B(1)(3), 172, 173(3)(4)(a)

[2023] EWHC 2053 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 2075; [2024] 2 All ER 172; [2023] WLR(D) 351, KBD

[2024] EWCA Civ 467; [2024] PTSR 1761; [2025] 1 All ER 749; [2024] WLR(D) 205, CA

PLANNING — Enforcement notice — Appeal — Construction of residential dwelling on land having permission for agricultural use only — Local planning authority issuing enforcement notice seven years after substantial completion requiring demolition of building and reversion to agricultural use — Whether requirement to remove building unlawful — Limits or parameters of statutory power requiring restoration of land to condition prior to breach — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), ss 171B(1)(3), 172, 173(3)(4)(a)

[2024] EWCA Civ 467; [2024] PTSR 1761; [2025] 1 All ER 749; [2024] WLR(D) 205, CA

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