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Statutory trusts, planning law and open spaces: R (on the application of Day) v Shropshire Council

Lloyd Brown

Trusts & Trustees, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 1 - 5

Swansea University Author: Lloyd Brown

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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/tandt/ttae090

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This case comment argues that the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of Day) v Shropshire Council [2023] UKSC 8 is significant for two reasons. From a technical standpoint, the judgment rightly preserves the public recreation rights afforded under a statutory trust following an unlawful...

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Published in: Trusts & Trustees
ISSN: 1363-1780 1752-2110
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2024
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68138
Abstract: This case comment argues that the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of Day) v Shropshire Council [2023] UKSC 8 is significant for two reasons. From a technical standpoint, the judgment rightly preserves the public recreation rights afforded under a statutory trust following an unlawful disposal by a council to a private developer. Not only does this show that statutory trusts bestow subsisting rights, but that public bodies must comply with the statutory schemes imposed upon them. From a public policy standpoint, the ruling also protects local communities’ rights to open spaces and the environment over private development.
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Funders: Swansea University
Issue: 2
Start Page: 1
End Page: 5