Twisting in the wind: our right to fight blots on the landscape
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Wind turbine approval quashed by appeal court
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Serious errors by Gedling Borough Council on Green Belt policy result in wind turbine operating without planning consent
Following a lengthy legal battle by a local resident, the Court of Appeal has today quashed the planning permission granted by Gedling Borough Council for the erection of a 66m wind turbine on Green Belt land at Woodborough.
The initial approval was granted on 2 November 2011 in the face of substantial opposition including objection by the Council's own Design and Conservation Consultant and 1125 letters of objection from members of the public.
R (Christopher Holder) v Gedling Borough Council
Neutral Citation Number: [2014] EWCA Civ 599
Case No: C1/2013/1835
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
MR JUSTICE KENNETH PARKER
CO/793/2012
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 08/05/2014
Before :
LORD JUSTICE MAURICE KAY
LORD JUSTICE PATTEN
and
SIR STANLEY BURNTON
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Between :
Christopher James Holder Appellant
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R (Holder) v Gedling Borough Council
Case No: CO/793/2012
Neutral Citation Number: [2012] EWHC 3253 (Admin)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Sitting at:
Birmingham Civil Justice Centre
Priory Courts
33 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6DS
Date: : Tuesday 4th September 2012
Before:
THE RECORDER OF BIRMINGHAM, HIS HONOUR JUDGE DAVIS QC
Between:
THE QUEEN ON THE APPLICATION OF HOLDER
Claimant
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GEDLING BOROUGH COUNCIL
Defendant
