The WLR Daily case summaries
[2014] WLR (D) 28
PLANNING— Development— Environmental assessment— Major national railways project— — Command paper followed by post-consultation outline of plans in statement of decisions and next steps— — Intended use of hybrid parliamentary Bill with deemed planning consent to realise project— — Whether command paper “plan or programme” which “set the framework for future development consent” necessitating strategic environmental assessment— — Whether proposed hybrid Bill compliant with EU environmental planning formalities— — Parliament and Council Directive 2001/42/EC, arts 1, 2(a), 3(2)— — Parliament and Council Directive 2011/92/EU, art 6