Sir Howard Bernstein, Former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council (S2 E5)

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 4 p.m.

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Our Very Special Guest this week is Sir Howard Bernstein, former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council.

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Court Judgments of the Week, both decisions of Holgate J

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  • Girling V East Suffolk Council & EDF & NNB [2020] EWHC 2579 a challenge to the grant of permission for major development in the AONB, replacement facilities related to Sizewell B, required as a precursor to a new Sizewell C nuclear power station raising issues about alternative sites and if the EIA was up to date. 
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  • London Historic Parks v Secretary of State HCLG [2020] EWHC 2580 a case relating to the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens; whether the requirements for independence and objectivity in Art 9a of the EU Directive are properly transposed and if so if the handling arrangements to deal with called-in applications comply with reg 64 (2) if the EIA Regs 2017.
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Appeals of the Week

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  • Successful appeal for 105 C3 units scheme. An unsuccessful attempt to secure 505 dwellings on Green Belt land in Edinburgh.
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