CA 15 May 1990. The defendant (P) owned land on the Isle of Wight some distance from the nearest public highway . Existing access was a narrow unmade track. In January 1984 an application was made to renew planning permission granted in 1979 for residential development. In August 1987 outline planning permission was granted subject to conditions inter alia approval of details of access. In October 1987 application was made for approval of a means of access to the site. It was intended that a lane should be made up and surfaced to a uniform width and at its junction with the road splays would be provided. The position of the junction would not change. The County Surveyor claimed the junction would need reconstructing or the lane moving to enter the road at a different point. Either of these solutions would have required the acquisition of rights over land. P appealed but this was dismissed on the grounds that the proposed junction did not reach safety standards. The HC quashed the ins