R (Parkes) v Dorset Council

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Development — Planning permission — Barge accommodating asylum seekers moored in harbour below mean low water mark — Whether sea bed above which barge moored subject to planning control — Whether within local planning authority’s area — Whether constituting “land” — Whether statute to be interpreted purposively or compatibly with European Union law so as to subject sea bed to planning control — Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), s 72 — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), s 336(1) — Parliament and Council Directive 2011/92/EU, art 2(1)

[2024] EWHC 1253 (Admin); [2024] 1 WLR 4337; [2024] WLR(D) 243, KBD

Commentary

Local Government Lawyer
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