
Over the next few weeks we’re going to let you in on our Top 6 developments in planning law from 2022. These might not be the best known (or infamous) cases, but hopefully if you aren’t already aware of them they might provide you with food for thought.
The Supreme Court decision in the Hillside case – The problem of overlapping planning permissions
Top of the pile for us is the Supreme Court decision in Hillside v Snowdonia Natural Park Authority. This looks at the perennial question: can you take advantage of two (or more) overlapping planning permissions over the same land, or do you lose the benefit of one of them by implementing the other one?