EU

Appeal: Brexit uncertainty justifies worker’s caravan at bird business

07.05.2021

Matt Moody

Brexit | Business & Enterprise | East Midlands | EU | international trade | rural worker's dwelling | viability

An inspector has granted temporary permission for a worker’s caravan at a bird-selling business in Northamptonshire, ruling that it was too early to tell whether new trading arrangements with the EU would...
Appeal: Ammonia from poultry droppings could harm protected heath

16.10.2020

Matt Moody

agriculture | Environmental | EU | european court | farming | SAC | South West

Plans for a free-range egg production unit in Shropshire have been blocked by an inspector, who cited European case law in taking a precautionary approach to the impact of ammonia from poultry droppings on a...
Legal briefs: Court of Appeal bid to overturn permission for Suffolk school rejected; Consultancy conflict of interest case over Dublin development

18.09.2020

Roger Milne

Community Infrastructure | court of appeal | Environmental | EU | high court | Housing | Judicial review | Planning Law | school | solar farm | UK

A round-up of legal news: 12 September –18 September 2020
Legal briefs: Salford goes to court to protect green space; Judge rules that major Irish fast-track decision should not be delayed

11.09.2020

Roger Milne

Demographics & Population Growth | Environmental | EU | fast-track | green space | Heritage | high court | Infrastructure - Energy | Planning Law | retirement village | UK

A round-up of legal news: 5 September-11 September, 2020
Legal briefs: Quarry ‘not beyond reach of EU directives’; Sevenoaks challenges Planning Inspectorate’s ruling on local plan

24.04.2020

Roger Milne

demolition | EU | Finance & Viability | Heritage | high court | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Ireland | Judicial review | nuclear | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Planning Law | road investment | S106 | UK

A round-up of legal news: 18th April - 24th April, 2020
MPs decry secrecy and shortcomings in DfT’s Brexit plans

03.12.2018

Huw Morris

Brexit | Dover | England | EU | Policy & Politics

MPs have voiced serious concerns over the government’s ‘slow progress and poor communication’ on Project Brock – the scheme to manage traffic and lorry-queuing at Dover after the UK leaves the EU.