Planning weekly highlights—21 April 2022

Table of contents

• Marine planning
• Can you authorise new activities through a marine licence variation? (Tarian Hafren Severn Shield Cyf v Marine Management Organisation)
• Highways, Streets and Public Rights of Way
• Public Sector Equality Duty—‘due regard’ to section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and Traffic Regulation Orders—(Experimental Low Traffic Neighbourhood Orders)—Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; adequacy of consultation with ‘other relevant organisations’—Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 (R (oao Sheakh) v LB Lambeth)
• Flood risk and development
• National Infrastructure Commission sets out approach to water flooding
• Buildings and building regulations
• Building Safety Bill—progress update
• RICS publishes update on Wales building safety
• Judicial and statutory review

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Article summary

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: court decisions considering whether new activities can be authorised through a marine licence variation, and the application of the public sector equality duty in the context of Experimental Traffic Orders; an update on the Building Safety Bill and building safety in Wales; and National Archives’ plan to publish court judgments.