Procedure after close of inquiry
Procedure after close of inquiry
- 1993
- Estates Gazette Case Summaries (1993) EGCS 73 (17/4/93) (1) .
"Portsmouth Water plc v SoS Environment and another" QBD 5 April 1993. SoS`s refusal to grant planning permission for development of a pumping station because it was `detrimental to the character of the locality` was based on opinion and not fact, therefore he did not err in not giving interested parties a chance to make further representations. Rule 16(4) of Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1988 examined.
OPINION
PLANNING PERMISSION
PROCEDURE
"Portsmouth Water plc v SoS Environment and another" QBD 5 April 1993. SoS`s refusal to grant planning permission for development of a pumping station because it was `detrimental to the character of the locality` was based on opinion and not fact, therefore he did not err in not giving interested parties a chance to make further representations. Rule 16(4) of Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1988 examined.
OPINION
PLANNING PERMISSION
PROCEDURE