Planning application

Planning application, voting rights

R (on the application of Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council and another

  • Supreme Court
  • 26 March 2025
  • Lord Reed (P), Lord Sales, Lord Hamblen, Lady Rose and Lord Richards
  • [2025] UKSC 11
  • [2025] EGCS 53

Local authority – Planning application – Voting rights – Interested party applying for planning permission to redevelop site – Respondent’s development committee deferring consideration of application – Committee rules restricted voting at subsequent meeting to members attending original meeting –

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