Planning system faces up to a human rights overhaul
Series: Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) ; (1400) 5 January 2001, 10-11(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s):- HIGHWAYS AGENCY
- HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
- PLANNING INSPECTORATE
- PLANNING SYSTEM
- R V SOS ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS EX P ALCONBURY DEVELOPMENTS
- R V SOS ENVIRONMENT EX P HOLDING AND BARNES PLC
- R V SOS ENVIRONMENT EX P LEGAL AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY
- R V SOS ENVIRONMENT EX P PREMIER LEISURE
- SOS ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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Examines the legality of the planning process in the light of the High Court's verdict on four test cases brought under the Human Rights Act 1998. Discusses the judgment, where it was held that the SoS's role as both policy-maker and decision-taker meant that he was not objectively impartial, and considers the wider implications. These include question marks over the future of compulsory purchase orders and the SoS's power to call in applications, and may lead to the Highways Agency and Planning Inspectorate being established as bodies entirely separate of the government.