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Court upholds refusal of permission for Slough strategic rail freight interchange (Goodman)

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Published on: 02 May 2017

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What is the policy background to the case?
Why did the court dismiss the appeal?

Article summary

Planning analysis: In Goodman Logistics v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the High Court dismissed a claim under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) seeking to quash the decision of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (SCLG) to refuse planning permission for a strategic rail freight interchange near Slough. The claimant relied on the compelling need for rail freight interchanges and the inevitability of harm to the green belt caused by such development, among other grounds.

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