DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES
July 1st, 2005
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE BRITISH government has violated the 1985 European Union (EU) environmental impact assessment directive 85/337/EEC by allowing local authorities to permit building projects to go ahead via Lawful Development Certificates, the European Court of Justice has been advised. In a preliminary ruling, advocate general Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer said these certificates can allow councils to illegally circumvent impact assessments. They can halt planning enforcement "whether because (a project) did not involve development or require planning permission or ...
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