7 / Mar / 2017
Samuel Smith Old Brewery v North Yorkshire County Council [2017] EWHC 442 (Admin)
Hannah Gibbs acted successfully for North Yorkshire County Council in this judicial review of the Council’s decision to grant permission for an extension to a pre-existing limestone quarry in the vicinity of the Claimants’ brewery. This case has particular implications for the approach to Green Belt policy in the National Planning Policy Framework.