Mineral operators forced to go green
Mineral operators forced to go green
- 1999
- Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) 5 March 1999, 9(1) .
Discusses the HL decision in R v North Yorkshire CC, ex p Brown and another (ABS60210) which upheld the decision that the determination of applications for new planning conditions constituted 'development consent' under the Environment Act 1995. North Yorkshire had agreed new conditions for Wensley Quarry without an environmental impact assessment (EIA) because they thought it did not constitute 'development consent'. Mineral planning authorities must now consider an EIA in all cases.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
MINERALS
OLD MINING PERMISSIONS
R V NORTH YORKSHIRE CC EX P BROWN AND ANOTHER
Discusses the HL decision in R v North Yorkshire CC, ex p Brown and another (ABS60210) which upheld the decision that the determination of applications for new planning conditions constituted 'development consent' under the Environment Act 1995. North Yorkshire had agreed new conditions for Wensley Quarry without an environmental impact assessment (EIA) because they thought it did not constitute 'development consent'. Mineral planning authorities must now consider an EIA in all cases.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
MINERALS
OLD MINING PERMISSIONS
R V NORTH YORKSHIRE CC EX P BROWN AND ANOTHER