Environment
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Circular Facilities (London) Ltd v Sevenoaks District Council
Contaminated land — Remediation notice — Whether appellant having knowledge of presence of contaminating substances Whether appellant liable if unaware that chemical reaction could lead to presence of harmful substance…
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Alford
Fertilisation of previously neglected agricultural land — Whether restoration of land to normal level of agricultural productivity amounting to intervention for intensive agricultural purposes — Whether screening decision required –…
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Westminster City Council v French Connection Retail Ltd
Noise pollution — Audio equipment attached to inside of shop window — Window acting as loudspeaker Music audible in street — Whether respondent committing offence of operating a loudspeaker in…
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R (on the application of Edwards) v Environment Agency and others
Application for permit under Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 — First defendant decision maker failing to disclose reports to consultees — Whether procedural unfairness — Whether…
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R (on the application of Newsum and others) v Welsh Assembly Government (No 2)
Special area of conservation — Whether scientific justification for inclusion of claimants’ land as SAC — Whether relevant consideration that protected species likely to be affected by existing consent –…
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R (on the application of Wandsworth London Borough Council and others) v Secretary of State for Transport; R (on the application of Essex County Council and others) v Secretary of State for Transport
Air transport — Additional airport capacity — Construction of new runways — White paper — Challenge to lawfulness of decisions — Whether decision-making process flawed — Claims allowed in part
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R (on the application of Trailer & Marina (Leven) Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and another
Site of special scientific interest — Change to compensation scheme — Whether new scheme compatible with Article 1 of First Protocol to European Convention on Human Rights — Section 28…
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R (on the application of Newsum and others) v Welsh Assembly Government
Conservation — Natural habitats — Extant planning permission for quarrying — Appellant refusing application for licence to relocate newt population — Decision quashed by High Court on application of respondents…
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R (on the application of Blewett) v Derbyshire Waste Ltd
Planning permission — Appellant third party applying to use former colliery site as landfill — Planning authority failing to consider whether site best practicable environmental option — Respondent applying for…
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Re Van de Walle and others
Contamination — Water saturated with hydrocarbons leaking from service station operated by manager under agreement with defendants — Whether subsoil contaminated following accidental spillage of hydrocarbons constituting waste — Whether…
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R (on the application of Amberley House Investments Ltd) v Environment Agency
Planning application — Watercourse — Culvert — Application to erect structure over main river — Defendant declining to entertain applications for consent — Whether consent deemed to have been granted…
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European Commission v France
Water pollution — Urban waste water — Eutrophication — Identification of sensitive areas — Whether Commission erring in its definition of eutrophication — Whether France in breach of obligations –…