Legal briefs: Donegal permission homes extension row goes to court; Ruling over amended Rochford homes scheme

Donegal permission homes extension row goes to court

A construction firm has gone to court to challenge Donegal County Council’s refusal for a further extension of a planning permission for the development of 58 homes at Lurganboy originally approved back in 2008

Irish Times

Ruling over amended Rochford homes scheme

The High Court has upheld the grant of planning permission for an Essex housing scheme amended without consultation and approved by Rochford District Council in the coastal village of Canewdon overlooking the Crouch estuary.

Local Government Lawyer

New Forest pylon removal initiative hits problems

National Grid has paused work on a landscape enhancement project involving the removal of pylons in the New Forest National Park “due to emerging complexities surrounding the European regulations designed to protect the natural habitats of protected species”.

Local Government Lawyer