The Hillside decision: what it means for planning permissions

In 1967, permission was granted for 401 dwellings in Snowdonia National Park. Several other planning permissions were subsequently granted for different parts of the overall site. All but two of them have been implemented.Answering an appeal from Hillside Parks Ltd, the question the Supreme Court faced was: could the original planning permission still be lawfully carried out?Our head of Planning and Environment Claire Petricca-Riding is joined by Victoria Hutton, barrister at 39 Essex Chambers, and Nicola Gooch, planning expert at Irwin Mitchell, to discuss the outcome.