Environment
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R (on the application of Fisher) v English Nature
Site of special scientific interest — Whether respondent taking immaterial considerations into account in confirming notification of land as SSSI — Construction of section 28 of Wildlife and Countryside Act…
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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
Extant planning permission for quarrying — Defendant refusing application for licence to relocate newt population — Whether planning permission providing defence to prosecution for disturbing newts — Relevant considerations in…
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Commission of the European Communities v Austria C-209/02
Environmental protection — Special protection area — Authorities giving permission for golf course extension — Whether compliance with requirements of EC law — Article 6(3) and (4) of Council Directive…
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Blackland Park Exploration Ltd v Environment Agency
Landfill — Liquid waste — Appellant depositing liquid waste 1,000m below sea level — Whether this activity amounting to prohibited “landfill” under regulations 9(1) and 3(2) of Landfill (England and…
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R (on the application of Blewett) v Derbyshire County Council
Third party applying for planning permission to use former colliery site as landfill — Planning committee failing to consider whether site best practicable environmental option — Claimant applying for judicial…
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Bown v Secretary of State for Transport
Secretary of State confirming building plans on site previously listed as potential special protection area — Appellant challenging decision on ground that failure to list site constituting breach of Council…
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Fisher and others v English Nature
Site of special scientific interest — Whether defendant acting irrationally in confirming notification of land as SSSI — Whether defendant exceeding jurisdiction — Whether breach of claimants’ right to peaceful…
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R (on the application of Anglian Water Services Ltd) v Environment Agency
Sewerage undertaker Whether claimant having duty to provide public sewer — Whether absence of power to insist that residents use communal drainage scheme relevant in determining practicability of such a…
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Blackland Park Exploration Ltd v Environment Agency
Claimant replacing oil extracted from porous rock with imported contaminated water — Water leaching from oil-bearing strata into groundwater — Whether claimant’s activity regulated by Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations…
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Bown v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Local authority intending to construct major roadworks on environmentally sensitive land — Site not listed as area of special protection or conservation under EC Directive 79/409 — Appellant maintaining that…
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R (on the application of United Kingdom Renderers Association Ltd and another) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Animal rendering — Authorisations — BATNEEC — Guidance note recommending condition be attached to authorisations for rendering process — Judge rejecting appellants’ challenge to legality of guidance — Whether guidance…