Chalfont St Peter Parish Council v Chiltern District Council

Town and country planning – Planning permission. The proceedings concerned decisions by the defendant local authority to grant planning permission in respect of a disused school site and the adoption of a policy which identified the site as one of three strategic housing sites. The claimant's challenges to both decisions were unsuccessful and the claimant appealed. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in dismissing the claim, held that there had been no error of law.