Published on: 10 July 2017
Published by a LexisNexis Property expert
Minerva (Wandsworth) Ltd v Greenland Ram (London) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1457 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 154 (Jun)
The Chancery Division found that the defendant company unlawfully blocked the claimant’s continuation of a construction scheme by declining to enter the requisite agreement with the local authority that would have permitted it to advance. The claimant was entitled to make its planning application at the time it did, and the defendant’s conduct amounted to a contractual breach by stopping the works from proceeding.
Minerva (Wandsworth) Ltd obtained planning consent to redevelop the Ram Brewery site in Wandsworth, South West London, featuring a 34‑storey residential tower, and entered into a section 106 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 agreement obliging the delivery of affordable housing within the scheme. Minerva then sold the site to Greenland Ram (London) Ltd on terms allowing Minerva to submit an application to the local planning authority for an enhanced permission which, if approved, would secure for Minerva overage at £200 per square foot on any additional saleable floorspace authorised...
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