“…t be said that the development plan is absent, silent or relevant policies are out-of-date. Having regard to the cases of Bloor and Barker Mill Estates v SSCLG [2017] PTSR 408, there remains a plan in place and so it is not absent; there remains a policy for the land in question which is sufficient to establish that the developments …”
“…determine this new issue. Although not determinative, relying upon Trustees of the Barker Mills Estates v Test Valley Borough Council [2016] EWHC 3028 (Admin); [2017] PTSR 408 at [77] per Holgate J, the judge considered that that weighed strongly against the new point being argued, or at least being upheld (see [56]-[57]). Therefore,…”