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It is hard to escape the fact that our planning system is in the throes of a dramatic reform, given that these proposed reforms have managed to make front page news and been at the centre of many recent debates during the party conference season
In Bateman v South Cambridgeshire District Council, it was held that a flaw in a local planning authority’s consideration of an EIA application invalidated a grant of planning permission
The way the planning system treats demolition has long been a source of confusion and the Court of Appeal has recently complicated matters further in yet another example of the broad reach of the environmental impact assessment regime
The High Court decision in Corby Group Litigation v Corby District Council highlights the need for organisations, including local authorities and developers, to take their environmental responsibilities seriously, particularly when dealing with the reclamation of land
