{"id":21827,"date":"2019-02-26T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=21827"},"modified":"2019-02-26T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:35:10","slug":"planning-confusion-leads-judge-to-rule-a-richmond-green-space-consultation-as-plainly-inadequate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21827","title":{"rendered":"Planning confusion leads judge to rule a Richmond green space consultation as \u2018plainly inadequate\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/consultation_institute_26019.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21828\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/consultation_institute_26019.png\" alt=\"website\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a>Campaigners have scored a High Court victory against a council\u2019s decision not to designate playing fields in west London as a local green space, after a judge ruled that the authority had carried out a \u2018plainly inadequate\u2019 and \u2018manifestly unfair\u2019 public consultation on the matter.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council writes:<\/p>\n<p>A High Court ruling has been handed down in the case of Jopling v Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council, and Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>The Council provides this note which concerns<br \/>\nMatter 1, Issue 2 and the Inspector\u2019s request for a copy of the Judgment in the case of Jopling v (1)Richmond-Upon-Thames London Borough Council<br \/>\n(2) Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government<br \/>\n[2019] EWHC 190 (Admin).<\/p>\n<p>2.The consultation was plainly inadequate, principally because it was not clear what was actually to be consulted upon, for the reasons already given.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdclocalplan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ED13-HW1-Matter-1-Issue-2-Jopling-Judgement-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a> a copy of the judgment<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consultationinstitute.org\/consultation-news\/high-court-judge-rules-consultation-was-plainly-inadequate\/\">Consultation Institute article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners have scored a High Court victory against a council\u2019s decision not to designate playing fields in west London as a local green space, after a judge ruled that the authority had carried out a \u2018plainly inadequate\u2019 and \u2018manifestly unfair\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21827\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21829,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21827\/revisions\/21829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}