R. (on the application of Patel) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC 3354 (Admin)

21 December 2016

Instructed counsel on behalf of the claimant, a shopkeeper. This was a challenge against a decision of a Planning Inspector to grant prior approval for the change of use of a corner shop into residential accommodation. Amongst other matters, the case considered whether the Planning Inspector had considered the needs of the elderly and disabled and whether she had had due regard to the public sector Equality Duty (PSED) in the Equality Act 2010 s.149.

The case can be found here: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2016/3354.html