The Public and Third Sector Law Reports
[2024] PTSR 561
Court of Appeal
Rex (Substation Action Save East Suffolk Ltd)
v
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
[On appeal from Rex (Substation Action Save East Suffolk Ltd) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]
[2024] EWCA Civ 12
2023 Dec 6;
2024 Jan 17
2024 Jan 17
Coulson, Lewis, William Davis LJJ
Planning— Development— National policy statement— Development consent orders granted for wind farms comprising offshore and onshore development— Whether flood risk from surface water properly taken into account— Whether sequential test for flood risk properly applied— Whether consent orders lawful—
Planning Act 2008 (c 29), ss 104, 114
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National Planning Policy Framework (2021), para 162
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Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy EN-1, paras 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.9, 5.7.13