The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's decision to award a developer a half share of the increase in value of a property attributable to planning permission having been granted.

The developer had spent time and money obtaining planning permission to redevelop the property, relying on an oral agreement that the owner would sell it to the developer once planning permission had been obtained.

NOTE ADDED: The House of Lords has allowed the owner's appeal against this decision. For more details, see Legal update, Proprietary estoppel - share in development value (House of Lords).