Hearings
England & Wales
14 May 2010 [2010] EWHC 979 (Admin); [2011] Env LR 89, QBD (Judge Pelling QC)
25 Mar 2011 [2011] EWCA Civ 334; [2011] PTSR 1140; [2011] LGR 493; [2011] WLR (D) 107, CA
R (Save Britain’s Heritage) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Subject Matter
EUROPEAN UNION — Environment — Environmental impact assessment — Demolition works — Secretary of State issuing direction excluding most demolition works from requirement for planning permission — Direction stating demolition works not “development” or “project” for purposes of EU legislation — Whether demolition “execution of … other … schemes” — Whether “project” — Whether “urban development project” — Whether direction lawful — Whether planning permission for demolition required — Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Planning and Compensation Act 1991, s 13(1)(2)), s 55(1)(1A)(2) — Town and Country Planning (Demolition–Description of Buildings) Direction 1995, para 2(1)(a)–(d) — Council Directive 85/337/EEC (as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC and Parliament and Council Directive 2003/35/EC), art 1(2), Annex II, para 10(b)
Appellate History
R (Save Britain’s Heritage) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] EWHC 979 (Admin); [2011] Env LR 89, QBD
Decision of Judge Pelling QC sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division reversed
R (Save Britain’s Heritage) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] EWCA Civ 334; [2011] PTSR 1140; [2011] LGR 493; [2011] WLR (D) 107, CA