Statutory planning challenge raises important issues about the interpretation of a recently amended statutory duty concerning Protected Landscapes
CPRE Kent are the claimants in the ‘Turnden’ case linked to Wadhurst Parish Council’s challenge of the Secretary of State’s decision to allow permanent camping and yurts at Bewl Water. Specifically, the case raises the question of whether the words “seek to further” as contained in the amended s.85(A1) CROW Act alter the substance of…