This is the fifth 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 month, we will be discussing: 

• How inspectors are assessing industrial schemes and the importance of local need.
• An appeal case that shows how inspectors are balancing requirements for accessibility against local housing need. 
• Growing numbers of appeals over proposals for battery storage schemes and the substantial weight that inspectors are placing on their benefits.
• The High Court upholding a ministerial consent for new homes in a national landscape dismissing a challenge that claimed it contravened a new legal duty.

More information on all these cases can be found in the October 2025 edition of 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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