R( on the application of Medway Council and others) v SoS Transport , Local Government and the Regions)

R( on the application of Medway Council and others) v SoS Transport , Local Government and the Regions) - 2002 - Estates Gazette [2002] 49 122 (CS) .

QBD 26 November 2002. An application for a judicial review of a decision by SoS Transport to exclude Gatwick Airport from a consultation document "Future development of air transport in the United Kingdom: South East" was allowed on the grounds that its exclusion was irrational, "Wednesbury" unreasonable, and failed to take material conservation obligations into consideration with regard to one of the alternative sites considered. Full judgment available on the Bailii website www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2002/2516.html Consultation paper available on www.aviation.dft.gov.uk/consult/airconsult/index.htm


R V SOS TRANSPORT EX P MEDWAY
GATWICK AIRPORT
AIRPORT EXPANSION
RUNWAYS
WEDNESBURY PRINCIPLES
JUDICIAL REVIEW