I.M. Properties Development Ltd v Lichfield District Council

Anthony Crean QC (instructed by Shoosmiths LLP) for the Claimant Gary Grant (instructed by Democratic, Development and Legal Services) for the Defendant Morag Ellis QC and Hereward Phillpot (instructed by Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP) for the First Interested Party Jeremy Cahill QC, Satnam Choongh and James Corbet Butcher (instructed by Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP) for the Second Interested Party Hearing dates: 1st and 2nd July 2014 ____________________

i) Whether the defendant has persistently misunderstood the approach to revisions of the green belt as a matter of law?

ii) Whether the defendant has adopted an unfair process in dealing with the claimant's land?

iii) Whether the actions of the Leader of the Council amount to pre-determination in the local plan context.

ii) a decision to thwart the development of the site through actively preventing the inclusion of the land in the core strategy.