Environmental impact assessment
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Helicopter view of cycle superhighway environmental effects is enough
In considering the claim brought by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association against Transport for London’s operations to deliver its £40m East-West Cycle Superhighway, the High Court accepted that a scheme…
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The screening exercise and mitigation measures – once more
The court in R (on the application of Devon Wildlife Trust) v Teignbridge District Council also considered the extent to which a local planning authority is entitled to have regard…
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Breaches of the EIA Directive and the EIA Regulations and the court’s discretion not to quash – once more
Hard on the heels of the decision of the Supreme Court in R (on the application of Champion) v North Norfolk District Council, the High Court has had to decide…
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Jedwell v Denbighshire County Council
Town and country planning Environmental impact assessment
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Jedwell v Denbighshire County Council
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Environmental impact assessment – Council granting planning permission for installation of wind turbines – Whether planning officer giving adequate reasons for decision…
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The court concludes that a negative screening opinion did not fall foul of the Lebus principle
Where it appears to a local planning authority (“LPA”) that it has received a planning application in respect of a development falling within Schedule 2 to the Town and Country…
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What constitutes a screening opinion for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011?
The decision in R (on the application of Lebus) v South Cambridgeshire District Council [2002] EWHC 2009; [2002] Env.L.R. 17 illustrates what is required to generate a screening opinion for…
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Breaches of the EIA Directive and Regulations and the court’s discretion not to quash
In a move away from the earlier approach to breaches of the EIA Directive, and the 2011 Regulations that currently transpose it into domestic law, in Walton v The Scottish…
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R (on the application of Padden) v Maidstone Borough Council
Town and country planning Environmental impact assessment
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R (on the application of Padden) v Maidstone Borough Council
Town and country planning – Planning permission – Environmental impact assessment (EIA) – Defendant local authority granting retrospective planning permission – Claimant applying for judicial review – Whether defendants failing…
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Discontinuance orders and failure to comply with the EIA Directive
Section 102 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 empowers a local planning authority (“LPA”) to make an order requiring that (a) any use of land should be discontinued,…