Environmental assessment
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Gillespie v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and another
Third party applying for planning permission to develop contaminated brownfield site — Appellant calling for separate environmental impact assessment — Whether respondent Secretary of State in error in approving remedial…
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R (on the application of Jones) v Mansfield District Council
Planning permission granted in respect of land of significant value to wildlife — Information provided by environmental agencies objecting to development of the site — Whether planning authority erred in…
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R (on the application of Barker) v Bromley London Borough Council
Respondent planning authority resolving to grant outline planning permission for development – Respondents approving reserved matters – Respondents not requiring environmental assessment – Local resident seeking judicial review – Claim…
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PP 2002/95
Assessment – General considerations – Needed even where development environmentally beneficial. Any surprise occasioned by the last proposition above should be swiftly dispelled after reading Assessing the impact Estates Gazette…
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PP 2002/94
Urban development project – EC directive – Discretion. The legality of a planning permission is challenged by conservationists. The basis of the complaint is that the planning authority did not…
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R v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, ex parte Milne and others
Respondent council granting applications for planning permission – Whether insufficient information before respondents to determine applications – Whether insufficient environmental assessment – Applicants seeking to quash permission – Application allowed
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World Wildlife Fund and others v Autonome Provinz Bozen and others
Project to develop military airfield as commercial airport – Project approved by national legislation – Environmental impact assessed according to national procedures – Whether procedures complied with Directive 85/337/EEC
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R v St Edmundsbury Borough Council, ex parte Walton
Respondent council granting conditional planning consent for construction of access road – Environmental statement not required of or provided by developer – Whether respondents’ decision unlawful – Application allowed
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Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and another
EC Directive 85/337, as implemented by the Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988 – Development involving alteration to part of Thames foreshore – Development allegedly posing…
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R v Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, ex parte Trustees of the Council for the P
Local planning authority granting developer outline planning permission – No environmental assessment carried out before grant of permission – Applicant seeking judicial review of authority’s decision – Whether EC law…
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Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Secretary of State for the Environment allowing development allegedly harmful to character of Thames bank side – Whether decision vitiated by failure to call for environmental statement from developer in…