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Title:
R. (on application of Rockware Glass Ltd.) v. Chester City Council
Party:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region:
Europe
Data source:
Sabin Center
Court name:
High Court of Justice
Seat of court:
England and Wales
Reference number:
[2005] EWHC 2250
Abstract:
A Planning Pollution Control License was challenged by a commercial rival. The court upheld a decision quashing an integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) permit granted to operate an industrial plant for the manufacture of glassware since the purpose of the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 was to control pollution by stringent measures not merely by reference to the standards contained in the Environment Quality Standards, which provided only minimum requirements.

Key environmental legal questions:

Challenge to the granting of an IPPC permit
Notes:
Suits against governments; Environmental assessment and permitting; Other projects