Government to face legal challenge over PD rights expansion next week

By Joey Gardiner 2021-09-30T05:00:00

Campaigners against planning deregulation want to see new rights quashed

The Court of Appeal will rule next week on a legal challenge aimed at quashing the government’s expansion of permitted development (PD) rights to create new homes, which was pushed through in the wake of the pandemic lockdown during the summer.

The court has scheduled 5 October to consider an appeal by environmental campaign group Rights: Community: Action (RCA) of last November’s High Court dismissal of its claim that new development rights were not properly considered or consulted on before being brought in.

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