Right to make green challenges to planning decisions under threat, say UK lawyers
The Guardian reports, in a piece it labels exclusive, that the UK government is considering stripping back legal protections that cap the costs community groups face when challenging planning decisions that threaten nature. According to the outlet, lawyers say the government has held "private meetings" about removing cost cap protections under the Aarhus convention, an environmental treaty the UK signed into law in 2005. The Guardian notes that the convention guarantees the legal right to participate in democratic processes on environmental matters.
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Right to make green challenges to planning decisions under threat, say UK lawyers
Exclusive: Government in ‘private meetings’ about removing cost cap protections under Aarhus convention UK politics live – latest updates The government is considering stripping back legal protections that limit the costs community groups face when challenging planning decisions that threaten nature. The Aarhus convention, an environmental treaty that was signed into law by the UK in 2005, guarantees the legal right to participate in democratic processes on environmental matters – such as sewage
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