In this episode John Pugh-Smith reviews the Higher Courts cases on the correct approach to this Green Belt thorny issue, starting with the Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) Ltd) v North Yorkshire County Council [2020] UKSC 3 , and, those of the Court of Appeal in Hook v Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] EWCA Civ 486,  R (Liverpool Open and Green Spaces Community Interest Company) v Liverpool City Council [2020] EWCA Civ 81 and ,  R (Lochairlot Investments Ltd v Mendip District Council & Norton St Philip Parish Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1259.