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008			090401t1991 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u45533
041			_aeng
245			_aLondon Residuary Body v Lambeth LBC and others
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aProperty and Compensation Reports _v(1991) 61 PCR 65-76(7)
520			_aHL 10 May 1990. On the abolition of the Greater London Council County Hall became vested in the London Residuary Body . In order to dispose of the building at the best price, as required by statute, the LRB applied to the local authority for planning permission to use the main building of the complex as offices . On appeal to SoS the inspector who had held the public inquiry recommended that consent be refused on the grounds that there was a greater need for the public bodies in occupation of the building to remain, than for planning permission to be granted for office use (the competing needs test ). The SoS accepted this but gave more weight to the recommendation in Circular 14/85 that there was always a presumption in favour of granting planning permission unless to do so would cause demonstrable harm to an interest of acknowledged importance, and granted the permission. On appeal to HC the decision was quashed on the grounds that the inspector had not given adequate reasons for h
650			_aCASE LAW
650			_aCHANGE OF USE
650			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1985
690			_aPLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c28859 _d28859