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035			_a(Sirsi) u52390
041			_aeng
245			_aCarpets of Worth Ltd v Wyre Forest DC
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aProperty and Compensation Reports _v(1991) 62 P&CR 334-349(8)
520			_aCA 12 March 1991. C owned 20 acres of land, the southern section being occupied by a factory and the northern by open land. In 1985 the Hereford and Worcester Structure Plan was approved showing the general position of green belt. In 1986 C`s northern land was included in local plan proposals at the request of the county council. Boundaries of the green belt were therefore altered. C`s objection at the local plan inquiry was rejected and the plan was adopted. C appealed on the ground that ministerial policy in planning guidelines and circulars, particularly DoE Circular 14/84 para 3(a) which stated that green belt boundaries should only be altered in exceptional circumstances, had not been adequately considered and applied. The council contended that alterations to the green belt, which had the effect of extending rather than reducing it, did not require such justification. Appeal allowed on the grounds that although ministerial circulars and PPG had no formal statutory force the loc
650			_aDOE CIRCULAR 14/1984 PARA 3(A)
650			_aDOE CIRCULARS
650			_aGREEN BELT
650			_aLOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
650			_aPLANNING POLICY GUIDANCE NOTES
650			_aSTATUTORY OBLIGATION
650			_aTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1971 S11(9)
690			_aPLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c32471 _d32471