This is the sixth edition of our new monthly series examining the key recent appeal and court decisions in which we speak to technical editor David Dewar who compiles Planning's long-running Casebook section. 

This month, we will be discussing: 

• The energy secretary's consent for a large off-shore wind farm in the Irish Sea that took account of the risk of so-called "wake effects"; 
• A planning inspector allowing 39 homes on green belt land on the basis that it would enable the refurbishment of a listed building; 
• The risk of costs being awarded against councils in appeal cases where they are deemed to have acted unreasonably; 
• The High Court blocking a council's attempt to enforce affordable housing provision after the site of a permitted development is sold to a new owner.

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

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