Talmud Torah London Limited -v- Secretary of State for Housing and another (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionPlanning CourtAnonymity Order

AC-2025-LON-004300
AC-2025-LON-004306

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Planning Court

4 December 2025

Before:

The Honourable Mr Justice Mould

Claim AC-2025-LON-004300

TALMUD TORAH LONDON LIMITED
-v-
(1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(2) LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

and

Claim AC-2025-LON-004306

(1) ELY (a child, by his litigation friend, EMS)
(2) EMP (a child, by his litigation friend, ECP)
-v-
(1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
(2) LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

Order

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Applicant in claim AC-2025-LON-004300 and the Claimants in claim AC-2025-LON-004306

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Mould

  1. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:
    i. both the First Claimant’s name and the Second Claimant’s name and the names of their respective litigation friends in Claim AC-2025-LON-004306 are to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
    ii. the First Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as ELY.
    iii. The Second Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as EMP.
    iv. the First Claimant’s litigation friend is to be referred to orally and in writing as EMS.
    v. the Second Claimant’s litigation friend is to be referred to orally and in writing as ECP.
    b. Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of either (or both) of the said Claimants and/or of their respective litigation friends and/or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of either (or both) of the said Claimants and/or of their respective litigation friends in any report of, or otherwise in connection with, these proceedings.
    c. Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):
    i. the parties must within 7 days file a redacted copy of any statement of case filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of either (or both) of the said Claimants and/or of their respective litigation friends;
    ii. if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of either (or both) of the said Claimants and/or of their respective litigation friends, a redacted copy omitting that information must be filed at the same time;
    iii. unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non-party many obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.
    d. Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.
  2. The appeal (AC-2025-LON-004300) and the claim for planning statutory review (AC-2025-LON-004306) are significant Planning Court claims.
  3. The appeal (AC-2025-LON-004300) and the claim for planning statutory review (AC-2025-LON-004306) are to be managed as linked cases.
  4. These linked cases shall be placed before the Planning Liaison Judge for further directions following the filing of the Defendants’ acknowledgements of service of claim AC-2025-LON-004306 under PD 54D para 4.14. If no acknowledgement of service is filed in response to that claim, these linked cases shall be placed before the Planning Liaison Judge for further directions following the expiry of the period stated in PD 54D para 4.14(a).
  5. PD 54D para 6.5(b) shall not apply to the appeal under AC-2025-LON004300. The Planning Liaison Judge will give directions for the listing of the application for permission to appeal under section 289(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 when these linked cases are placed before him under paragraph 4 above.

Reasons

These cases arise out of a single decision by a Planning Inspector. By virtue of their subject matter and the issues which they raise, they are to be categorised as significant Planning Court claims.
Whilst statutory review proceedings under section 288 have a paper permission stage, an application for permission to appeal under section 289 is required to be determined at a hearing. It is in the interests of justice for the cases to be linked for case management purposes and appropriate directions made for the permission stage in each case following receipt of Acknowledgments of Service in response to the claim for planning statutory review.
The Claimants in AC-2025-LON-004306 are small children. In the circumstances of these proceedings as set out in the Statement of Facts and Grounds, it is plainly necessary that their privacy be protected. It is in the interests of justice that both their names and identities and those of their respective litigation friends be anonymised.
I shall consider the question of Aarhus Convention costs limitation under CPR 46.24-28 and PD 54D para 6.16 when I give directions for the further conduct of these claims.