“The Court of Appeal may have brought clarity to what are relevant housing supply policies (at least until the Supreme Court has its say), but it is not open season for housebuilders, argues John Pugh-Smith.
On 17 March 2016 the Court of Appeal gave judgment in the linked appeals Suffolk District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd & SSCLG and Richborough Estates Partnership LLP v Cheshire East Borough Council & SSGLG [2016] EWCA Civ 168.
The issue before the Court concerned the meaning of the phrase ‘relevant policies for the supply of housing’ in paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2012) (‘NPPF49’) …”
Postscript: On 14 April the two unsuccessful authorities applied for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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