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Court confirms airport NSIP requirements to be based on realistic not hypothetical capacity increases (Ross v SoST)

Published on: 11 February 2020

Table of contents

  • What are the practical implications of this case?
  • What is the legal background to the case?
  • What is the factual background to the case?
  • Why did the court dismiss the claim?
  • Was the Development an NSIP?
  • Should the Development have been directed to be an NSIP?
  • Case details

Article summary

Planning analysis: In Ross v SoST, the Planning Court confirmed that a planning permission for development at Stansted Airport (the Airport) was correctly submitted to the relevant local planning authority (LPA) under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) regime. It did not meet the requirements for a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP), and therefore should not have progressed under the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008) regime.

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