Fury as Lambeth Council spends 200k on legal battle over Brockwell Park festivals
Lambeth Council spent almost 200,000 defending use of Brockwell Park for large-scale festivals and lost a High Court challenge over permitted development rules.
Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews
Labour plans a planning bill to curb environmental judicial reviews and may quit the Aarhus Convention to accelerate Heathrow expansion and other major infrastructure projects.
Epping hotel asylum case: what has the court of appeal decided and why?
The Court of Appeal quashed a temporary injunction blocking asylum seeker housing at Epping's Bell hotel, allowing Somani Hotels and the Home Office to pursue an appeal.