R v SoS Environment and another ex parte Sharkey and others
Language: English Series: Rating & Valuation Reporter ; 1991 RVR 55-58(4)Publication details: 1991Subject(s): Summary: QBD 11 May 1990. Application for a judicial review of a decision by SOS for Environment to uphold compulsory purchase orders . It was held that in invoking powers to compulsory purchase under Town and Country Planning Act 1971 s112 (1) , the local authority need not have used all its other powers before resorting to compulsory purchase provided that there was evidence on which it and the SOS could conclude that without the use of compulsory purchase powers the necessary planning purpose was unlikely to be achieved. Application dismissed.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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QBD 11 May 1990. Application for a judicial review of a decision by SOS for Environment to uphold compulsory purchase orders . It was held that in invoking powers to compulsory purchase under Town and Country Planning Act 1971 s112 (1) , the local authority need not have used all its other powers before resorting to compulsory purchase provided that there was evidence on which it and the SOS could conclude that without the use of compulsory purchase powers the necessary planning purpose was unlikely to be achieved. Application dismissed.