R (Sizewell) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Subject Matter

PLANNING — Nationally significant infrastructure project — Development consent order

[2023] EWHC 1526 (Admin), KBD

[2023] EWCA Civ 1517, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (Sizewell) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2023] EWHC 1526 (Admin), KBD

Bowen-West v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2012] Env.L.R. 22

Burridge v Breckland District Council [2013] JPL 1308

Mordue v The Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 1243; [2016] 1 WLR 2682, CA

Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2023] EWCA Civ 359, CA

Newsmith Stainless Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2001] EWHC Admin 74; [2017] PTSR 1126, QBD

No Adastral New Town Limited v Suffolk Coastal District Council [2015] Env.L.R.28

Pearce v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] Env. L.R. 4

Preston New Road Action Group v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] Env.L.R 18

R (Law Society) v Lord Chancellor [2018] EWHC 2094 (Admin); [2019] 1 WLR 1649; [2019] 1 All ER 638; [2018] WLR (D) 560, DC

R (Akester) v Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2010] Env.L.R. 33

R (Ashchurch Rural Parish Council) v Tewkesbury Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 101; [2023] PTSR 1377; [2023] WLR(D) 95, CA

R (Assn of Independent Meat Suppliers) v Food Standards Agency [2019] UKSC 36; [2019] PTSR 1443; [2020] 1 All ER 703; [2019] WLR (D) 463; Case details, SC(E)

R (Champion) v North Norfolk District Council [2015] UKSC 52; [2015] 1 WLR 3710; [2015] WLR (D) 333; Case details, SC(E)

R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2021] EWCA Civ 43; [2021] PTSR 1400; [2021] WLR(D) 44, CA

R (Finch) v Surrey County Council [2022] EWCA Civ 187; [2022] PTSR 958; [2022] WLR(D) 89, CA

R (Forest of Dean Friends of the Earth) v Forest of Dean District Council [2015] EWCA Civ 683; [2015] PTSR 1460; [2015] CN 1164, CA

R (Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWHC 1841 (Admin); [2023] 1 WLR 225; [2022] WLR(D) 321, QBD

R (Goesa Ltd) v Eastleigh Borough Council [2022] EWHC 1221 (Admin); [2022] PTSR 1473; [2022] WLR(D) 231, QBD

R (Khan) v Sutton London Borough Council [2014] EWHC 3663 (Admin); [2014] CN 1993, QBD

R (Larkfleet Limited) v South Kesteven District Council [2016] Env.L.R. 4

R (Littlewood) v Bassetlaw District Council [2009] Env.L.R. 21

R (Mott) v Environment Agency [2016] EWCA Civ 564; [2016] 1 WLR 4338; [2016] WLR (D) 316, CA

R (National Association of Health Stores) v Secretary of State for Health [2005] EWCA Civ 154; The Times, 9 March 2005, CA

R (Rights: Community: Action) v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2020] EWHC 3073 (Admin); [2021] PTSR 553; [2020] WLR(D) 618, DC

R (Spurrier) v Secretary of State for Transport [2019] EWHC 1070 (Admin); [2020] PTSR 240; [2019] JPL 1163; [2019] WLR (D) 315, DC

R (Spurrier) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 214; [2020] PTSR 1446; [2020] WLR (D) 122; Press summary, CA

R (Spurrier) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] UKSC 52; [2021] PTSR 190; [2021] 2 All ER 967; Press summary, SC(E)

R (Swire) v Canterbury City Council [2022] EWHC 390 (Admin); [2022] JPL 1026, QBD

R (Transport Action Network Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2021] EWHC 2095 (Admin); [2022] PTSR 31; [2021] WLR(D) 418, QBD

R (Wingfield) v Canterbury City Council [2019] EWHC 1974 (Admin), QBD

R (Wingfield) v Canterbury City Council [2020] J.P.L 154

R (Wyatt) v Fareham Borough Council [2023] Env.L.R. 14

R v Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council ex parte Milne [2001] Env.L.R. 22

R v Swale Borough Council, Ex parte Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [1991] 1 PLR 6; [1991] JPL 39; The Times, 11 April 1990; The Independent, 16 April 1990, QBD

Save Britain’s Heritage v Number 1 Poultry Ltd [1991] 1 WLR 153; [1991] 2 All ER 10; 89 LGR 809; The Times, 1 March 1991, HL(E)

Smyth v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 174; [2015] PTSR 1417; [2015] CN 472, CA

v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] PTSR 74

Cases citing

Cases citing: R (Sizewell) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2023] EWHC 1526 (Admin), KBD

Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2023] EWHC 2548 (Admin), KBD

R (Clarke-Holland) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 3140 (Admin); [2024] PTSR 617; [2023] WLR(D) 520, KBD

R (Greenpeace Ltd) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2023] EWHC 2608 (Admin); [2024] PTSR 345; [2023] WLR(D) 430, KBD

R (Llandaff North Residents’ Association) v Cardiff Council [2023] EWHC 1731 (Admin), KBD

Cases citing: R (Sizewell) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2023] EWCA Civ 1517, CA

R (Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWHC 339 (Admin), KBD

Commentary

Out-Law
Landmark Sizewell C ruling instructive for projects of all shapes and sizes Case comment