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Gwion is a member of the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Junior Counsel, which means that he regularly acts for the UK Government in its most complex cases. Gwion is also a member of the Welsh Government’s ‘A’ Panel of Junior Counsel. He acts regularly for both public and private sector clients at inquiries and has extensive experience of judicial review proceedings and appeals in the higher courts. To date, he has appeared in over 120 inquiries and over 100 substantive judicial reviews. Gwion welcomes instructions from all areas of the UK and from international clients. He has experience of advising clients in island jurisdictions, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Gwion is the editor of the ‘Wales’ section of the Planning Encyclopedia and he speaks regularly about legal affairs on television and radio. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Wales award for ‘Best Breakthrough’ for his television work. Recent broadcasting work includes writing and presenting critically-acclaimed documentaries on Brexit and the future of public service broadcasting for BBC Radio Cymru, and two series of Siarad o Brofiad (‘Speaking from Experience’), in which Gwion interviews prominent figures in Welsh public life on television for S4C.
Public law is at the heart of Gwion’s practice. He is a member of the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Junior Counsel, which means that he regularly acts for the UK Government in its most complex cases. He is also a member of the Welsh Government’s ‘A’ Panel of Junior Counsel. Gwion’s cross-border practice means that he appears frequently in administrative courts and tribunals across England and Wales. He was “the most active barrister” at the junior Bar in 2016, measured by case days in the English courts (The Lawyer Court Rankings, 2016).
Many of Gwion’s cases feature aspects of planning and/or environmental law, but his interest in public law and judicial review extends more broadly to issues arising in immigration, human trafficking, education, equality and discrimination law, detention, transport, standards and ethics, care standards and property-related public law.
Gwion also has particular interest in public law issues arising from the current devolution settlement for Wales. His regular clients in Wales include the Welsh Ministers, Natural Resources Wales and the Welsh Language Commissioner.
The legal directories have recognized Gwion as a leading junior in administrative and public law for several years. In Legal 500, he has been described as “a top-class advocate”for judicial review claims who is “impressive” and “quick on his feet”. His written pleadings for public law litigation are described as “extremely effective” (Chambers & Partners).
‘The Article 50 Challenge’ (ongoing) – acting for a campaign group that submits that no valid “decision to withdraw” from the European Union, as required by Art. 50(1) of the Lisbon Treaty, has been made in accordance with the UK’s constitutional requirements (with Hugh Mercer QC).
R (TDT) v SSHD  EWHC 1912 (Admin) – successfully resisted the first claim brought in the UK alleging that the SSHD had breached her positive operational duty under Art. 4 ECHR by releasing from detention a Vietnamese national claimed to be at risk of re-trafficking.
Advised the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on proposed changes to its funding model.
R (Kajuga) v SSHD  EWHC 426 (Admin) – judicial review of the 2-year detention of a person claiming to be from Burundi, but unable to prove that.
Crossrail (2007-2008) – one of the team of 5 Landmark Counsel who (i) advised the Department for Transport on the many public law issues arising in this £17 billion scheme; and (ii) appeared for the Department in Select Committee hearings in Parliament relating to the Crossrail Bill.
Heesom v Public Services Ombudsman for Wales  EWHC 1504 (Admin) – intervened for the Welsh Ministers to make submissions about the compatibility of the Welsh ethical standards system for councillors with Article 10 ECHR.
Wharton Park, Durham (2017) – acted for Durham County Council in a right of way inquiry: successfully persuaded the inspector to depart from her interim decision and conclude that public use of parkland held under the Public Health Act 1875 and Open Spaces Act 1906 was “by right”, not “as of right”.
R (Khan) v SSHD  EWCA Civ 416 – obtained an order setting aside a grant of permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal due to a failure to comply with the duty of candour.
Advised the National Accounts Classification Committee on the classification of trust ports.
Gwion advises on all aspects of planning and compulsory purchase law and he appears regularly in inquiries, in hearings and in court in this area. The 2018 edition of Chambers & Partners UK recommends Gwion as a leading junior in planning law (“He makes complicated cases look straightforward despite difficult points.” “He possesses real mastery of the detail on very technical issues, and is a confident and effective advocate.”). He is also recommended as a leading junior in planning law in the 2017 edition of Legal 500 (“Very user-friendly and easy to work with.”).
Over the past 3 years, Gwion has developed particular expertise in infrastructure schemes, advising developers, local authorities, regulators and community groups on energy schemes and port-related development across England and Wales. He also has considerable experience of advising the retail (Co-operative Group; Tesco; Toni & Guy), media (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group; Pinewood Studios; Sub-Bubble Studios) and hospitality sectors (Mayfair’s Dorchester Hotel).
Highlights of Gwion’s recent and ongoing planning work are set out here in two sections: (1) planning inquiries, examinations and hearings; and (2) planning litigation in the courts.
Able Marine Energy Park, Humber (2012) – acted for Anglian Water in the examination of an application for development consent for a quay on the south bank of the River Humber.
Rochester Airport (ongoing) – advising Medway Council on redevelopment plans (including EIA issues).
Fewcott wind turbines, Oxfordshire (2012) – acted for Cherwell District Council, defending its decision to refuse planning permission for 3 turbines and advising on safety negotiations with Oxford Airport.
Loxwood, West Sussex (2016) – successfully defended the decision of Chichester District Council to refuse planning permission for 25 houses given conflict with a made neighbourhood plan.
‘Zig-zag building’, Lower Sydenham (2016) – successfully defended the decision of Bromley Council to refuse planning permission for a tall building comprising 253 residential units designed by international architect, Ian Ritchie.
Gondar Gardens, West Hampstead (ongoing)– advising LifeCare Residences on its plans to redevelop the site of a former reservoir in north London as a luxury retirement village.
Trewern Farm, Crymych (ongoing) – acting for one of Wales’ largest dairy farms in certificate and enforcement appeals relating to various farm buildings; complex EIA issues.
Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire (2014) – acted for Oxfordshire County Council, resisting an appeal against its refusal to grant a new planning permission for existing waste infrastructure with different conditions.
Farnham Neighbourhood Plan 2013-2031: advised a consortium of developers on a legal challenge to the plan.
Advising several local authorities, residents’ associations and private developers in Greater London in relation to basement developments.
Oadby and Wigston BC v SSCLG  EWCA Civ 1040 – successfully defended the decision of an inspector whose approach to the calculation of housing land supply was challenged.
R (Friends of the Earth) v North Yorkshire County Council  EWHC 3303 (Admin) – successfully defended the County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for hydraulic fracking, the first challenge of its kind in the UK (with Sasha White QC).
R (Tesco Stores Ltd) v Forest of Dean District Council  EWCA Civ 800 – whether the decision to grant planning permission for a rival store complied with the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (with Patrick Clarkson QC).
Eatherley v Camden LBC  EWHC 3108 – successfully acted for the claimant, challenging a certificate of lawful development granted for a basement extension in London.
William Davis Ltd and others v Charnwood BC (ongoing) – acting for a consortium of housing developers challenging the lawfulness of adopting, as a supplementary planning document, a document establishing a presumption in favour of a particular housing mix.
Wood v SSCLG  EWHC 2368 (Admin) – leading recent case on the interpretation of planning permissions.
Kestrel Hydro v SSCLG  EWCA Civ 784 – successfully acted for the SSCLG in this leading authority reaffirming the Murfitt principle in planning enforcement law.
Lawson Builders Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government  EWCA Civ 122 – leading authority on the interplay between s. 73 and s. 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
For the last 8 years, Gwion has acted for Natural Resources Wales (and its predecessor, Environment Agency Wales) in all its environmental litigation in the higher courts. He is also frequently instructed by the Environment Agency, Defra, the Welsh Ministers and the Marine Management Organisation in cases raising issues of environmental law.
Gwion’s commercial clients in this area include several large international corporations (Dalkia plc, Covanta Energy, Kent International Gateway) and UK-based companies (Norton Aluminium, Bio E, Wharf Land Investments). He has also been advising many of the UK’s most respected environmental NGOs for several years, including WWF UK, ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth.
Advised NRW in relation to the coal-fired operations at Aberthaw power station and their compliance with the Large Combustion Plant Directive (2014).
Cook v Environment Agency (ongoing) – acting for the Agency to resist a claim by a fish farm owner who alleges that the Agency has been negligent and/or in breach of statutory duty by not enforcing conditions in a water abstraction licence.
Hinkley Point C, Somerset (2013) – acted for the Marine Management Organisation in the public examination of proposals for a nuclear power station and associated development, with emphasis on marine licensing matters.
Atlantic Ecopark, Cardiff (2015) – acted for NRW in a 3-day inquiry, resisting an appeal against the Agency’s decision to revoke environmental permits held by the same parent company across several sites.
River Tywi, Nantgaredig, Carmarthenshire (2017) – acted for NRW in resisting an appeal by Welsh Water against the decision to vary its abstraction licence due to concerns about shad numbers.
R (Newport City Council) v Welsh Ministers  EWHC 3149 – represented the Welsh Ministers in a challenge to their assessment of landfill allowances for waste disposal authorities in Wales (with Clive Lewis QC).
Advising Basildon Borough Council on contaminated land issues arising from the clearance of the Dale Farm gypsy site (ongoing).
R (Humber Oil Terminals Trustees Ltd) v Marine Management Organisation  EWHC 3058 (QB) – acted for the Marine Management Organisation in its first judicial review, concerned with the ambit of harbour revision orders under the Harbours Act 1964 (with James Maurici).
Gwion is a former US-UK Fulbright Scholar and has an LLM from New York University specializing in international human rights, language rights and the interface between law and security. This led to his appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the European University Institute in Florence where he pursued his interest in language rights in EU law.
Before he studied abroad, Gwion was a Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a BA and a BCL (First Class) in Jurisprudence. When studying for the BCL, he focused on English and French public law, human rights, international dispute settlement and the public international law of the sea. During his time at Oxford, Gwion won several prizes for his performance in examinations on administrative law, public international law, criminal law and Roman law, and was awarded the Welson Prize for the most promising law student at Jesus College. He is also a former winner of the Oxford-Cambridge Intervarsity Mooting Competition and a Bedingfield Scholar of Gray’s Inn.
In 2017, Gwion was appointed to a 3-year term as a member of the Welsh Government’s Welsh Language Partnership Council. The Council was established under the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 to advise the Welsh Ministers on matters relating to the Welsh language. Gwion will serve as the legal member of the Council.
Also in 2017, Gwion was made an Honorary Fellow of Bangor University, Wales, for services to law.
Gwion is Welsh-English bilingual, has good French and is a certified upper-intermediate (B2) Italian speaker (University of Siena, CILS, 2011).
Following a 9 day inquiry on various dates between April and July 2017, Planning Inspector Katie Peerless Dip Arch RIBA has today dismissed three conjoined appeals by Crouchland Biogas Ltd against the decision of West Sussex County Council to refuse planning permission for a 34,000 tonnes per annum commercial anaerobic digestion facility at Crouchland Farm in Plaistow, West Sussex, and against two enforcement notices issued by Chichester District Council against the commencement of that development without planning permission.
At the heart of the appeals was the Appellant’s contention that the existing matrix of planning permissions relating to the site generated a fall-back/baseline position which would involve a greater impact on the local environment, in particular on account of vehicle movements, than the proposed development. A certificate of lawfulness appeal had been heard and determined by the Planning Inspectorate in 2016 and found that the lawful use of the AD infrastructure on site was ancillary to the agricultural operations of the farm. There remained a hotly contested dispute, however, as to whether the appellant’s purported fall-back amounted to an ancillary agricultural use and, even if so, the extent to which it was a realistic outcome in the event that the appeals were dismissed.
The other considerations in the appeals included the effects of the proposed development, having regard to any fall-back position, on highway safety, the landscape, tranquility, heritage assets, ecology and its compliance with national and development plan policy relating to the need for and siting of renewable energy and waste management schemes.
In a 118-paragraph decision letter, the Inspector concluded that the Appellant’s purported fall-back/baseline scenario was not authorised by the existing planning consents relating to the site, and that in any event there were uncertainties relating to whether it would be implemented which limited the weight that should be accorded to it even if it were authorised. In the light of those conclusions, the Inspector found that the impacts of the development resulted in a number of breaches of the development plan and that material considerations did not justify a decision other than in accordance with the development plan.
Reuben Taylor QC appeared for the Appellant, Crouchland Biogas Ltd.
Charles Banner appeared for West Sussex County Council.
Gwion Lewis appeared for Chichester District Council.
If members of the public have been using paths laid out in a park, or area of open space, to travel between various points, can they establish a right of way over those paths by presumed dedication if that use has continued for 20 years?
Section 31 of the Highways Act 1980 provides for a ‘presumption of dedication’ to the public to be raised where a way has been enjoyed “as of right”, without interruption from the landowner, for at least 20 years. Use “as of right” is use that is nec vi, nec clam, nec precario (without force, not in secret, and not on the basis any permission).
In an interim decision issued in 2016 in relation to Wharton Park, Durham, the Secretary of State’s inspector had concluded that public use of paths within the park was “as of right”, not “by right”, even though she accepted that most of the park was held by Durham County Council (“DCC”) under the Public Health Act 1875 “for the purpose of being used as public walks or pleasure grounds”.
DCC objected to the interim decision and the same inspector held an inquiry in July 2017.
In her final decision, issued on 4 August 2017, the inspector stated that legal submissions made on behalf of DCC at the recent inquiry had led her to “reappraise” her interim decision. The inspector now accepts that where the public use paths laid out on land held under the Public Health Act 1875, this use will be “by right”, not “as of right”, such that the presumption of dedication does not arise. The inspector noted DCC’s submisssion, drawing on Hall v Beckenham Corporation  1 KB 716, that it had not been in a position to exclude public use of the paths, and that it would have been odd to consider the users of the paths trespassers, given the statutory basis on which the land has been held.
The inspector came to the same conclusion, in principle, about the other part of the park she now accepts has been held under the Open Spaces Act 1906, having stopped short of that conclusion in her interim decision.
Paragraphs 52 to 87 of the inspector’s final decision deal with this issue of the use being “by right”, not “as of right”, and are likely to be of interest in other cases raising similar issues.
Gwion Lewis acted for the order-making authority, Durham County Council, at the inquiry in July 2017.
A planning inspector has dismissed an appeal seeking planning permission for a 12-13 storey mixed use building, including 69 residential units, in Bromley town centre.
The proposal was a revision of a previous scheme refused planning permission on appeal in 2014 because it was too tall and would have an overbearing impact on the living conditions of nearby residents.
The inspector who considered the revised proposal was not satisfied that the concerns of the 2014 inspector had been adequately taken on board. Indeed, the 2017 inspector observed that the appellant’s revised approach of “altering the proportions to remove the references to verticality, and of adding bay windows with obscure or opaque glass, concentrated on overcoming the wrong problems”. As a result, the scheme had “lost many of the architectural and aesthetic advantages of its predecessor” (para. 18). The scheme was not of “the highest standard of architecture” (para. 31).
Gwion Lewis acted for the successful local planning authority, the London Borough of Bromley.
In a decision dated 3 March 2017, an inspector granted planning permission to demolish the existing residential buildings at Broadmead House, 10-24 Auriol Road, London, and replace them with a new 5-storey building comprising 24 residential units (Class C3) and related development.
The main issues in the case were (i) whether the proposal would have an unacceptable impact on parking stress in the locality; and (ii) whether the proposal made adequate provision for affordable housing.
The inspector was satisfied that the issue of parking stress could be controlled satisfactorily pursuant to an undertaking offered by the appellant under section 16 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 which would preclude 16 of the 24 units in the development from being able to apply for a parking permit.
The inspector was also persuaded by the appellant’s evidence that it would not be viable for any affordable housing to be provided by the scheme, the Council having not provided any evidence of its own to challenge this assessment.
Gwion Lewis acted for the successful appellant, Permaform Ltd, instructed by Maxwell Winward.
In a decision dated 30 November 2016, an inspector granted planning permission for 95 houses and related development on land to the east of Benner Lane, West End, Surrey.
The inspector was satisfied that the proposal would not have an unacceptable impact on the character and appearance of the area or on the setting of a neighbouring listed farmhouse and outbuilding. The local planning authority having accepted that it did not have a 5-year housing land supply, the inspector was not persuaded that the adverse impacts of the proposal would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (para. 14, NPPF).
Gwion Lewis acted for the successful appellant, Southern Heritage Developments Ltd.
A planning inspector has dismissed an appeal seeking planning permission for a 253-unit housing scheme on Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) in the London Borough of Bromley.
The appellant had argued that the unusual zig-zag appearance of the 8-9 storey residential block, designed by the respected international architect, Ian Ritchie, was exemplary. When this was combined with the Borough’s alleged housing supply deficit and other matters, it was said that there were “very special circumstances” that justified allowing the “inappropriate development” in the MOL.
The inspector agreed that the Borough lacked a 5-year housing supply, but did not consider the proposal to be of “sufficient architectural quality” in terms of its scale and massing and the quality of some of the accommodation. Given the loss of openness and the harm to the character and appearance of the surroundings, the inspector was not satisfied that the proposal amounted to sustainable development. Accordingly, there were no very special circumstances which justified the grant of planning permission.
Gwion Lewis acted for the successful local planning authority, the London Borough of Bromley. The decision in full is available here.
The Secretary of State has accepted the recommendation of his inspector and dismissed an appeal by Sunley Estates Ltd seeking planning permission for 120 houses on the edge of the village of Hambrook in West Sussex.
In the inquiry which heard the appeal, Chichester District Council resisted the scheme on the basis that the level of housing proposed would conflict with the settlement hierarchy in its recently adopted Local Plan. This hierarchy indicated that only 25 new homes should be built in the parish in question, Chidham and Hambrook, over the period of the Plan (2014-2029). The Council also resisted the proposal on the basis that the emerging Chidham and Hambrook Neighbourhood Plan did not identify any new sites for major housing development given that planning permission had already been granted for 86 homes in the parish since January 2014 on sites other than the appeal site.
“164. The social role of sustainable development is described as supporting strong, vibrant and healthy communities, by providing the supply of housing required to meet the needs of present and future generations; and by creating a high quality built environment, with accessible local services that reflect the community’s needs and support its health, social and cultural well-being . Notwithstanding the fact that I have concluded that the Council is able to demonstrate a five year supply of land for housing, the margin for error in that calculation is very small . The appeal scheme would provide a social benefit by delivering housing and contributing to a more robust five year housing land supply. It would also assist in meeting affordable housing needs at the District level [25 fn]. As noted above , the site occupies a sustainable location. Various specific community aspirations, including a new shop and recreational facilities, would be met .
165. However, the above description of the social role of sustainable development is grounded in the concept of the community. In this case, a policy framework has been established by the recently adopted Local Plan that provides the context for the community of Chidham and Hambrook to plan for development in the locality. The [Local Plan] does not indicate that there is a need within the Parish for the amount of market housing that is now proposed . Given that the amount of affordable housing that the scheme would provide (48 units) would exceed the indicative figure for all housing within the Parish, there is no evidence that the scheme would meet an affordable housing need at the Parish level .
This follows another recent decision of the Secretary of State dismissing an appeal seeking planning permission for 25 houses in village of Loxwood in West Sussex because conflict with a made neighbourhood plan meant that the proposal was “not fully sustainable”.
Gwion Lewis acted for Chichester District Council at the inquiry.
Sasha White QC acted for the appellant, Sunley Estates Ltd.
The Secretary of State has accepted the recommendation of his inspector and dismissed an appeal by Crownhall Estates Ltd seeking planning permission for 25 houses in the village of Loxwood in West Sussex.
Chichester District Council had refused planning permission because the site was not allocated for housing development in the draft Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan 2013-2029 that was then emerging. When the appeal was considered at inquiry, the Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan had been made and was therefore a part of the development plan.
“263. […] As an aspect of the social dimension of sustainable development, the lack of accord with a neighbourhood plan that has undergone the full process of being made amounts to considerably more than just the dislike of some local people for a proposal described by the appellant. Having regard to the importance given by the Government to neighbourhood planning, as well as the statutory status of the development plan, the conflict with the NP carries very substantial weight.
The Secretary of State also agreed with this analysis.
Stephen Morgan acted for the Council in related judicial review proceedings relating to the making of the Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan.
An independent inspector appointed by the Isle of Man Government has recommended the adoption of the Draft Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2015, subject to minor modifications.
The Island’s Department of Infrastructure (“DoI”) is promoting the Draft 2015 Plan to update housing policies in the Isle of Man Strategic Plan 2007 to take account of population data from the Island’s Census in 2011. Evidence in relation to housing demand, housing supply and the proposed distribution of housing across the Island was heard in an examination in September 2015.
In his report, the inspector concluded that the proposal to construct an additional 5,100 houses over the period 2011-2026, with the greatest proportion (2,440 houses) to be built in the east of the Island, in or around the capital, Douglas, should be adopted.
It is now expected that a final version of the Draft 2015 Plan will be submitted to the Isle of Man’s Parliament, Tynwald, for formal adoption.
Gwion Lewis acted for the Isle of Man’s DoI at the public examination in Douglas.
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has granted development consent for Wales’ most ambitious NSIP (nationally significant infrastructure project) since the Planning Act 2008 came into force.
The world’s first man-made, energy-generating tidal lagoon at Swansea Bay is now a step closer after the Secretary of State accepted the recommendation of the five inspectors who examined the proposals that consent should be granted. The promoters claim that the £1bn project, which has an installed capacity of 320MW, will be a reliable source of renewable energy for some 150,000 homes for 120 years.
One of the main issues during the examination hearings was how to assess the likely significant environmental effects of the project when, as the promoters of the scheme accepted, the impacts of the project are “inherently evolving and involving uncertainty”. The Secretary of State accepted her inspectors’ recommendation that so-called ‘adaptive environmental management’ (“AEM”) processes were a “reasonable and pragmatic approach” to mitigating such effects for “aspects of the marine environment where uncertainty cannot be ruled out”, “particularly in relation to intertidal and coastal areas”. However, the Secretary of State also supported the view expressed by Natural Resources Wales (“NRW”) that “in general, an adaptive approach should not replace clear, upfront and enforceable mitigation plans” (para. 17).
The promoters’ application for a marine licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is still being considered by NRW. The Secretary of State acknowledged that the promoter “will not be able to commence construction of the offshore elements of the generating station until NRW are satisfied that stringent environmental conditions are met and that appropriate monitoring of environmental impacts will be required during the operation of the generating station” (para. 96).
For the BBC’s coverage of the project, please click here.
Gwion Lewis acted for Natural Resources Wales throughout the public examination and continues to advise NRW on all aspects of the scheme.
The public examination of plans for Wales’ most ambitious NSIP (nationally significant infrastructure project) since the Planning Act 2008 came into force has opened in Swansea this week.
Four inspectors have been appointed to scrutinize the £850m project, which would be the world’s first man-made, energy-generating tidal lagoon, with an installed capacity of 320MW. The promoters claim that it would provide a reliable source of renewable energy for some 150,000 homes for 120 years.
The Severn Estuary has been selected for the project as it holds the second highest tidal range in the world.
The scheme raises many novel and complex issues under the Water Framework Directive and the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. The relationship between the development consent order (DCO) required under the 2008 Act, and the marine licences required under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, is also a main issue.
Gwion Lewis is acting for Natural Resources Wales (NRW) throughout the examination. As well as being an interested party in the examination given its statutory functions, NRW also exercises marine licensing functions on behalf of the Welsh Ministers.
An appeal against an enforcement notice alleging unlawful use of mobile homes by gypsy family in the Green Belt.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the Appellant.
An appeal against refusal of planning permission for a terrace of housing adjacent to a care home.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the local planning authority, Croydon Council.
Appeal against refusal of planning permission for the conversion of a dilapidated barn into residential accommodation.
Appeal against refusal of a lawful development certificate for a commercial storage use adjacent to a garden centre.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the local planning authority,St Albans District Council.
Appeal against the refusal of planning permission for the development of 1075 houses and the conversion of aircraft hangars into employment use on the site of the largest remaining Cold War airbase in the UK.
Gwion Lewis appeared alongside Graeme Keen for the local planning authority, Cherwell District Council, and Oxfordshire County Council.
Appeal against refusal of planning permission for a gypsy site on the outskirts of a hamlet in Sussex.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the local planning authority, Chichester District Council.
Appeal against enforcement notice alleging unlawful use of the garden to the rear of a public house as a public playground.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the local planning authority, Portsmouth City Council.
Appeal against refusal of planning permission for conversion of two semi-detached houses into a residential complex in a Surrey hamlet.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the local planning authority, Waverley Borough Council.
An appeal against refusal of planning permission for 3 illuminated advertising towers in the Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the Appellants, Westway Development Trust and their advertising partner, JCDecaux.
An appeal against the refusal of planning permission for 57 residential flats in an area with substandard accessibility to public transport in Croydon.
An appeal against refusal of planning permission for conversion of residential dwelling to a care home.
Gwion Lewis appeared for the local planning authority, Mid Bedfordshire District Council.
An appeal against enforcement notice alleging unlawful erection of second dwelling within Area of Outstanding National Beauty and an Area of Great Landscape Value.
An appeal against refusal of planning permission for extension to an art deco house on the border of the Surrey Hills AONB.
Appeal against refusal of planning permission for sheltered housing on the outskirts of a Surrey village.
Appeal against enforcement notice alleging unlawful change of use from agricultural land to a commercial horsekeeping business; encompassing the issue of extreme animal cruelty.

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