The court dismissed an appeal against the refusal of permission to launch a judicial review. The court should examine applications for permission closely, since the process could be abused so that judicial review became merely a weapon in private battles between developers. Here the authority had properly granted a permission without requiring a further environmental impact assessment where the permission represented only a relatively minor addition to a substantial development scheme for which an assessment had been undertaken.
Citations:
[2005] EWCA Civ 782, Times 26-Aug-2005
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Planning
Updated: 01 July 2022; Ref: scu.227957