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Adjacent development sites did not have to be treated as one project for EIA purposes (Wingfield v Canterbury CC (No. 1))

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Published on: 25 July 2019

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Planning analysis: In Wingfield v Canterbury CC (No 1), the Planning Court dismissed a claim for judicial review, finding that two adjacent development sites, which were in separate ownership and being promoted and developed independently of each other, did not need to be considered as a single project for the purposes of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) regime.

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