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R. (on the application of Littlewood) v. Bassetlaw DC
About this case
Filing year
–
Status
Application dismissed
Geography
Court/admin entity
United Kingdom → England and Wales → High Court of Justice
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → Environmental assessment and permitting (Global) → Other projects (Global)
Principal law
United Kingdom → Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (England and Wales)
At issue
Sought judicial review of local authority's grant of planning permission to a developer.
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Summary
The court upheld the grant of planning permission for a project which included a pre-case concrete manufacturing facility. A local resident challenged the district council’s decision, citing failure to consider the adverse impacts of the proposed facility on climate change, in particular, from carbon dioxide emissions. The court held that the omission of the effect of concrete production on climate change had not been raised in time, and in any case, did not render the Environmental Statement deficient.