Lord Carnwath CVO (S2 E6)

Our Very Special Guest this week is Lord Carnwath CVO, former UK Supreme Court Justice, now Associate Member of Landmark Chambers. Court Judgments of the Week McGaw V Welsh Ministers [2020] EWHC 2588 (Admin)  a decision of Judge Jarman about the interpretation & limitations in Class E of the GPDO as it applies in Wales including  whether backfilling land lies outside Class E. R ( Lochailort Investments Ltd ) V Mendip District Council  [2020] EWHC Civ 1259 a Court of Appeal decision relating to land designated as local green spaces in Norton St Philip Neighbourhood Plan and the lawfulness of Policy 5 governing their development. Appeals of the Week   DCO consent granted on 11 October by SoS for BE&IS for a 97km pipeline between Southampton & London applying a presumption in favour of oil pipelines & where the need for the project outweighed the harm.  A section 78 appeal decision letter  dated 7th October relating to 128 affordable dwellings on land outside the settlement boundary, off Aviation Lane, Burton on Trent. “Nudge of the week” and “Champion of the Week”