Case status: Findings adopted on 28.06.2013 – No non-compliance found; see para. 9 of Decision V/9 on general issues of compliance.
Follow-up: -
Topics: Public participation; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 9 (2) (b), 9 (3), 9 (4), 9 (5).
Articles considered by the Committee: 6 (1) (b), 6 (4); 7; 9 (2).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: -
Summary: On 10 September 2010, the Kent Environment and Community Network, submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee, alleging a general failure of the United Kingdom to properly implement the provisions of article 9 (2) (b), (3), (4) and (5) of the Convention. To illustrate this failure, the communication referred to the example of the planning application for the Sainsbury’s superstore in Hythe, Kent.
Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
---|---|---|
Datasheet ACCC/C/2010/45 (United Kingdom) | Latest datasheet on the status of the communication | 06.08.2013 |
Determination on admissibility | At CC-29 | 11.10.2010 |
Communication and summary (Cover letter) | Communication ACCC/C/2010/45 | 11.10.2010 |
Annex 1 First Kent Environment and Community Network (KECN) communication | Annex | 11.10.2010 |
Annex 2 Second Kent Environment and Community Network | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 3 Planning application YO9/0627/SH | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 4 Planning permission YO9/0627/SH | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 5 "Death of a High Street Decay of a Town" (booklet) | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 6 Letter requesting a call-in to the Secretary of State | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 7 Letter to the Secretary of State asking for a screening opinion | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 8 - Response of the UK to KECN Complain | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 9 - Further KECN letter to the European Commission | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 10 - Letter before action to the Council | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 11 - The Council's letter of refusal | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 12 - Response to letter before action from developers | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 13 - Costs barriers to environmental justice, Report by the Environmental Law Foundation (March 2010) | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 14 - R(Cornerhouse Research) v Secretary for Trade and Industry [2005] 1 WLR 2600 | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 15 - Information from the LGO website | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 16 - Extract from the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Annex 17 - The Caborn Statement 1999 | Annex | 11.11.2010 |
Letter to the Party concerned forwarding the communication | From the secretariat | 28.10.2010 |
Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 28.10.2010 |
Letter to the Party concerned with supporting documentation | From the secretariat | 10.11.2010 |
Cover Letter Submissions on costs and procedural matters Submissions on substantive issues (Appendix 1 and Appendix 2) |
From the communicant | 27.03.2011 |
Response from the Party | From the Party concerned | 12.04.2011 |
Letter to the Party and letter to the communicant after CC-32 | From the secretariat | 02.05.2011 |
Response from the communicant KECN rebuttal statement to Defra statement (11.04.2011) Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 |
From the communicant | 12.06.2011 |
Letter to parties after CC-33 | From the secretariat | 27.07.2011 |
Response from the Party regarding the communicant's expanded allegations |
From the Party concerned | 22.12.2011 |
Letter to parties after CC-35 | From the secretariat | 01.02.2012 |
From the communicant | 05.03.2012 | |
Invitation to the Party and to the communicant for the discussion of the communication at CC-37 | From the secretariat | 10.05.2012 |
From the Party concerned | 27.06.2012 | |
Letter to parties with questions after CC-37 (discussion) | From the secretariat | 05.07.2012 |
Response from the Party concerned | From the Party concerned | 31.07.2012 |
Response from the communicant Annex - R (Anderson) v Home Secretary [2002] UKHL 46 |
From the communicant (ACCC/C/2011/60) | 02.08.2012 |
Response from the communicant | From the communicant (ACCC/C/2010/45) | 13.08.2012 |
Additional information, Cover letter and Annex 1, Annex 2, Annex 3 | From the communicant (ACCC/C/2011/60) | 15.09.2012 |
Addendum 1 and Addendum 2 to the communicant's information of 2.08.12 | From the communicant (ACCC/C/2011/60) | 28.09.2012 |
Letter with additional information | From the communicant | 06.12.2012 |
Letter |
From the Party concerned |
07.01.2013 |
Draft findings and letter to the parties | From the secretariat | 01.05.2013 |
Comments (cover letter) | From the communicant (ACCC/C/2010/45) | 29.05.2013 |
Comments | From the Party concerned | 29.05.2013 |
Comments | From the communicant (ACCC/C/2011/60) | 29.05.2013 (rev. 29.06.13) |
Findings and letter to the parties | From the secretariat | 16.07.2013 |