More hurdles to cross when seeking outline permission
Although addressed to local planning authorities, the government’s recent guidance is bound to affect applicants for outline permissions where there is the faintest possibility that an environmental impact assessment may be required. In such cases, as explained by Martin Edwards and John Martin in
Prompted by the thrust of relevant judicial decisions, the thoughts behind the government’s move seem, as John and Martin have observed, to have been shared by Sullivan J in R (on the application of Lebus) v South Cambridgshire District Council [2002] PLSCS 200.
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More hurdles to cross when seeking outline permission
Although addressed to local planning authorities, the government’s recent guidance is bound to affect applicants for outline permissions where there is the faintest possibility that an environmental impact assessment may be required. In such cases, as explained by Martin Edwards and John Martin in They mean business Estates Gazette 30 November 2002, p136, applications for bare outline permissions are likely to be a waste of time, and developers will, in any event, have to bide their time pending the authority’s delivery of a reasoned screening opinion. If granted, the permission will be limited to developments that have been described in the applicant’s environmental statement and will contain corresponding conditions and/or planning obligations.
Prompted by the thrust of relevant judicial decisions, the thoughts behind the government’s move seem, as John and Martin have observed, to have been shared by Sullivan J in R (on the application of Lebus) v South Cambridgshire District Council [2002] PLSCS 200.
