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035 _a(Sirsi) u20655
041 _aeng
245 _aR v Westminster City Council , ex parte Monahan
260 _c1988
350 _a0
490 _aNew Law Journal
_v(1988) NLJ 311-312(2)
520 _aCA 19 October 1988 Appeal against a QBD decision dismissing an application for judicial review by the Covent Garden Community Association of Westminster City Council`s granting of planning permission for the re development of the Royal Opera House . The redevelopment included substantial office accommodation which the ROH maintained was necessary to fund the improvements. The Association contended that the inclusion of office accommodation for financial reasons was impermissable even though the ROH is ready to enter into a binding agreement to use the proceeds from the office development for the benefit of the Opera House. To permit the commercial development of part of the site for purely financial reasons, whatever their nature or purpose, is not a " material consideration " which the council was entitled to take into account under Town and Country Planning Act 1971 s29(1) in granting permission for the development as a whole. CA, held, dismissing the appeal, that financial conside
650 _aPLANNING APPEAL
690 _aPLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
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948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c13836
_d13836