Castlebay v Asquith [2005] EWCA Civ 1734 [2006] 2 P. & C.R. 22

Thomas Jefferies acted for Castlebay, the owner of a valuable development site in Bradford. The developer Asquith, held an option which expired on a fixed date unless an application for planning permission remained to be determined. The developer obtained an outline consent, but contended that an outstanding application for approval of reserved matters was a "planning application" for the purposes of the option agreement. The Court of Appeal rejected this argument, holding that the grant of outline