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Planning weekly: UKSC in Finch on downstream emissions in EIA; Enfield park lease upheld under LGA 1972; new guidance, Q&As and alerts (England and Wales)

Published on: 04 July 2024

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Supreme Court declares planning permission unlawful for not addressing downstream greenhouse gas emissions from oil production (R (Finch) v Surrey CC)

In R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others [2024] UKSC 20, the Supreme Court ruled, by a 3:2 majority, that consent for commercial oil production was unlawful because it failed to evaluate the ‘downstream’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that will inevitably occur when the refined fuel is burnt. The omission to assess downstream, or ‘Scope 3’, GHG emissions contravened the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, which require decision-makers, for specified projects, to consider the ‘direct and indirect significant effects of a project’ on the climate. The court held that the scope of direct and indirect ‘effects’ is a question of law and, ultimately, one of causation...

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