In our latest On the Case podcast, Hannah Quarterman, partner and head of planning at Hogan Lovells International, explains the High Court decision in R (Rights: Community: Action) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] EWHC 3073 (Admin); [2020] PLSCS 208 – an eagerly awaited judgment in a judicial review challenge to the government’s planning measures introduced during the pandemic.
Quarterman explains why campaign group Rights: Community: Action is opposed to changes to permitted development rights and to the use classes order – intended to give greater flexibility to stimulate development – and outlines the legal grounds of challenge it pursued in court.
She details the court’s findings, considers the prospects of any appeal, and takes a broader look at the planning issues that lie behind the judicial review.
