Legal

02.10.2019

Environmental law charity ClientEarth has written to 100 local authorities in England urging them to set robust local carbon targets. Sam Hunter Jones outlines the rationale behind this move

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Appeal: Reporter dismisses East Ayrshire wind turbine appeal for second time

05.10.2018

Huw Morris

Plans for a major onshore wind energy development in East Ayrshire have again been rejected by a Scottish reporter.

Legal briefs: Yorkshire fracking challenge; Oxford-Cambridge road link heads to court?

05.10.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 29 September-5 October

Appeal: Camden pub conversion thrown on historic interest grounds

Appeal: Retired publican’s appeal to convert bar and stay in village blocked

03.10.2018

Huw Morris

Community Infrastructure | Halifax | Legal | Yorkshire

An appeal by a retired publican who wanted to convert the ground floor of her pub into residential accommodation so that she could continue to live in the community has been rejected.

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Protestors seek judicial review of Stansted expansion plans

10.08.2018

Huw Morris

Campaigners have launched a legal challenge to plans for the expansion of Stansted Airport in Essex.

High Court dismisses Maidstone judicial review bid of s.106 cash

23.07.2018

Huw Morris

The High Court has rejected a bid by Maidstone Borough Council for a judicial review into how Kent County Council released developer contributions for a road project.

Legal briefs: Brent bungalow head tenant fined £20,000 for neglect; Board quashed scheme reconsideration dispute

20.07.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 14 July-20 July, 2018

New law to drive forward electric car chargepoints

19.10.2017

Huw Morris

Motorway services and large petrol retailers will be required to install chargepoints for electric cars under legislation unveiled by the government.

Appeal: Leeds lock-up garage appeal dismissed for poor design

24.07.2017

Huw Morris

An appeal to demolish 21 lock-up garages and replace them with four homes in Stanningly in West Yorkshire, has been dismissed because the scheme would fail to deliver high-quality design.

Appeal: Inspector approves Hartlepool wind turbine

21.07.2017

Huw Morris

An appeal to install a single wind turbine on a farm near Hartlepool has been upheld after most of the community supported the application.

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