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Don't be wise after the event

By: Contributor(s): Series: Estates Gazette ; (0232) 10 August 2002, 82-83(2)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: 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.

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.