A bad day for objectors
The right to a fair hearing given by Article 6 of the ECHR has – so far at any rate – brought little comfort to objectors and others who would like to see more planning applications go to an oral hearing.
The ill wind that blew the developers some good has come from the Court of Appeal in R (on the application of Adlard) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2002] EWCA Civ 735; [2002] 22 EG 135 (CS), where it was decided that neither the planning authority nor the Secretary of State (in exercise of his call-in power) fell under any Convention obligation to go down the oral-hearing route.
No bets are being taken on any replay in Strasbourg.
A bad day for objectors
The right to a fair hearing given by Article 6 of the ECHR has – so far at any rate – brought little comfort to objectors and others who would like to see more planning applications go to an oral hearing.
The ill wind that blew the developers some good has come from the Court of Appeal in R (on the application of Adlard) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2002] EWCA Civ 735; [2002] 22 EG 135 (CS), where it was decided that neither the planning authority nor the Secretary of State (in exercise of his call-in power) fell under any Convention obligation to go down the oral-hearing route.
No bets are being taken on any replay in Strasbourg.
