Glasgow Council faces a £10,000 court costs bill after admitting it erred in law over plans for one of Scotland’s biggest proposed demolition projects, reports the Herald.
image for illustration: Wyndford by Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Herald writes:
Campaigners fighting the demolition of four 26-storey towers at Wyndford in the Maryhill area have won a judicial review case after taking concerns to court over a failure to carry out an impact assessment by Glasgow City Council or the Scottish Government.
They argued that there was a failure to act lawfully over a decision to not have an environmental impact assessment over the demolition.
… judge Lord Lake has ruled following a concession from the council, that “adequate reasons” were “not provided” in terms of the law surrounding use of impact assessments in decision-making. He also said that the council were liable for the campaigners’ costs in the action which have been estimated at around £10,000….
… the council “acknowledge… that the interests of [the campaigners] were prejudiced by a failure to comply with the relevant requirements and that for this reason alone the decision may properly be quashed by the court”.
