The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in to appeal in Dover DC v CPRE [Alliance member]. The Court of Appeal previously held that the Council had given inadequate reasons for its view on how much harm the scheme would cause to the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, or on whether the scheme could be modified to mitigate that harm without rendering it unviable.
The Supreme Court is likely to “consider the source, nature and extent of a local planning authority’s duty to give reasons for a grant of planning permission”.