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Castletown Estates Ltd., Carmarthenshire County Council v. Welsh Ministers

Geography
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Year
0
Document Type
Litigation

About this case

Filing year
–
Status
Denied
Geography
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Court/admin entity
United Kingdom → England and Wales → High Court of Justice
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → Environmental assessment and permitting (Global) → Climate adaptation (Global)
Principal law
United Kingdom → Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (England and Wales)
At issue
Challenge planning permit denial

Documents

Filing Date
Document
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Summary

Claimants challenged the decision by the Welsh Ministers to refuse to grant a planning permit for a mixed-use redevelopment, alleging that the Ministers used inaccurate flood and development advice maps to assess the risk of flooding. At issue was the precautionary approach employed by the Minister to take into account climate change to assess future flood risks. The court found that the Minister’s determination that there were impermissible flood risks at the site was fair and reasonable. The application for appeal was dismissed.