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Dispute over permitted development changes to be heard by Court of Appeal
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Dispute over sale of right to buy property at undervalue heads to court
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Distinctly Average: statistics, rate of pay and shifting burden of proof in equal pay claims
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District agrees to quashing of drainage decision taken in breach of legitimate expectation of claimant being able to comment on application
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District council asked to reconsider how it allocates housing following Ombudsman investigation
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District council calls on government to take urgent action to combat council housing funding shortage
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District council defeats judicial review challenge over acceptance of report on neighbourhood plan
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District council faces judicial review challenge over approval of 300-home scheme
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District council fails in challenge to ruling by planning inspector
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District council fails in Planning Court challenge to finding it failed to comply with duty to cooperate
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District council hit by fourth judicial review claim from campaign group
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District council says planning applications can be determined as usual after resolving problems with quality of water discharged at nature reserve
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District council sees off High Court challenge to Local Plan
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District council threatened with judicial review over consents for 10,000-home garden town
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District invites tender for legal services on its “biggest project for decades”
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District launches judicial review challenge against housing scheme over lack of contribution to extra school places
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District planning authorities in England issue fewest number of enforcement notices since records began
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District to deliver building contracts after contractor goes into administration
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District wins first ever judicial review challenge to decision of planning inspector
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