CAAV Note 240305: Net Zero and Development - Court Quashes Gove Decision
Last year, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities, called in a planning application by Marks and Spencer for the demolition and replacement of its store in Oxford Street. Marks and Spencer has now succeeded in the High Court in having that decision quashed. Its appeal was upheld on five of the six grounds advanced, including the net zero argument (see decision). The note below provides further information....