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Planning Update: What is a highway?
Michele Vas outlines a recent decision which reiterates what constitutes a ‘highway’ ‘Case law establishes that the only land which vests in a highway authority is that which is required to fulfil its highway functions and responsibilities.’ The recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of London Borough of Southwark v Transport for London …
Cases Referenced
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- Finchley Electric Lighting Co v Finchley Urban Council [1903] 1 Ch 437
- London Borough of Southwark & anor v Transport for London [2017] EWCA Civ 1220
- Tithe Redemption Commission v Runcorn Urban District Council [1954] Ch 383