Hearings
England & Wales
06 Jul 2000 [2001] 2 AC 603; [2000] 3 WLR 420; [2000] 3 All ER 897, HL(E)
Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment
Subject Matter
TOWN PLANNING — Development — Environment assessment — Urban development project — Proposed stadium redevelopment encroaching on river bank — Secretary of State holding public inquiry where documents available setting out environmental issues — Failure by Secretary of State to consider whether environmental assessment procedure necessary — Whether subsequent grant of planning permission ultra vires — Whether objectives of environmental assessment met — Court's discretion — Town and Country Planning Act 1990, s 288(5)(b) — Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988, reg 4(2) — Council Directive 85/337/EEC, art 2(1)
Appellate History
Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment [1998] 3 PLR 39, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment [2001] 2 AC 603; [2000] 3 WLR 420; [2000] 3 All ER 897, HL(E)
Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment [1998] 3 PLR 39, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed
Berkeley v Secretary of State for the Environment [2001] 2 AC 603; [2000] 3 WLR 420; [2000] 3 All ER 897, HL(E)