FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF
Application no. 5591/07
by Trevor ALLEN and Others
against the United Kingdom
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 6 October 2009 as a Chamber composed of:
Lech Garlicki, President,
Nicolas Bratza,
Giovanni Bonello,
Ljiljana Mijović,
David Thór Björgvinsson,
Ledi Bianku,
Mihai Poalelungi, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,
A PARISH council based near Stansted Airport is taking its fight for better homeowners' compensation to the European courts.
Takeley Parish Council claims that the airport's owner, BAA, should provide fairer treatment for local residents whose property values are affected by the expansion of the airport but do not qualify for its current compensation package.
But yesterday BAA said that the current scheme - the Homeowner Support Scheme - was voluntary, not statutory, and had already been unsuccessfully challenged in UK courts.
