- Cited — Thurston Parish Council, R (on the application of) v Mid Suffolk District Council & Anor. 2022-10-28
“…udgment on the relevant considerations the court will not disturb: see the speech of Lord Hoffmann in Tesco Stores Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1995] 1 WLR 759, 780. The interpretation of development plan policy, however, is ultimately a matter of law for the court. The court does not approach that task with the same …”
- Doubted — DB Symmetry Ltd v Swindon Borough Council & Anor 2020-10-16
“… did seem to consider that some doubt had been cast on the decision by the speech of Lord Hoffmann in Tesco Stores Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1995] 1 WLR 759. That is not my reading of Lord Hoffmann’s speech. As the judge correctly said, Lord Hoffmann’s speech was not the leading speech; and none of the other Law Lo…”
- Cited — Corbett, R (On the Application Of) v 2020-04-09
“…ir exercise of their judgment can only be challenged on the ground that it is irrational or perverse: Tesco Stores Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1995] 1 WLR 759, 780, per Lord Hoffmann. Nevertheless, planning authorities do not live in the world of Humpty Dumpty: they cannot make the development plan mean whatever they…”
- Cited — Waterstone Estates Ltd v The Welsh Ministers 2018-07-06
“…ct to a challenge on conventional public law grounds, is exclusively a matter for the decision-maker (Tesco Stores Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1995] 1 WLR 759 at page 780F-G per Lord Hoffmann, Tesco Stores v Dundee at [19], and R (Bloor Homes East Midlands Limited) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Gover…”