This is the fourth edition of our new monthly series examining the key appeal and court decisions from the past four weeks.

As before, we speak to technical editor David Dewar, who compiles the long-running Casebook section of Planning. 

This week, we will be discussing: 

• Two notable appeal decisions – one of which show how a future drop in housing land supply can be an important material consideration for inspectors even if the current position is adequate and protected for the near future, while the other demonstrates that neighbourhood plans still have teeth. 
• Ministerial decisions on data centre proposals in the green belt and how it reflects changing national planning policy on green belt.
• A Court of Appeal judgment that backed an inspector's consideration of the so-called ‘downstream’ impacts of future carbon emissions when allowing an oil drilling project.

More information on all these cases can be found in the July 2025 edition of monthly Casebook on Planning Resource. 

Key planning news, and why it’s important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for more than 50 years. 

Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @planningMag 

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