Don't be wise after the event

Charles, S

Don't be wise after the event - 2002 - Estates Gazette (0232) 10 August 2002, 82-83(2) .

Recommends that if planning permission remains liable to be challenged, a wise developer should insure against risk of loss. Cites "R v Bedfordshire CC ex p Mason and others" [1999] to illustrate that a developer can take a large risk when implementing a planning permission while it is liable to challenge, as increasing numbers of planning decisions are quashed at judicial review on the grounds of illegality, irrationality or procedural impropriety.


R V BEDFORDSHIRE CC EX P MASON AND OTHERS
JUDICIAL REVIEW
PLANNING DECISIONS