The Court of a Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court to the effect that safeguarding directions, relating to the HS2 project, do not constitute a plan or programme triggering the need for a strategic environmental assessment: The Queen on the application of HS2 Action Alliance, London Borough of Hillingdon v The Secretary…Continue Reading HS2, safeguarding directions and strategic environmental assessment
HS2 and Strategic Environmental Assessment – Again!
You may have thought that the Supreme Court judgment in R (on the application of Buckinghamshire County Council and others) (Appellants) v The Secretary of State for Transport (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 3 (see blog of 22 January 2014) resolved the issue of whether the manner in which the HS2 project is being authorized is compliant with…Continue Reading HS2 and Strategic Environmental Assessment – Again!
HS2 win in Supreme Court
On the 22nd of January the Supreme Court unanimously rejected appeals brought by opponents to the HS2 project and others who object to the scheme as currently envisaged:- R (on the application of Buckinghamshire County Council and others) (Appellants) v The Secretary of State for Transport (Respondent) [2014] UKSC 3 R (on the application of…Continue Reading HS2 win in Supreme Court