{"id":39218,"date":"2024-03-01T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39218"},"modified":"2024-03-01T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T17:42:58","slug":"high-court-quashes-gove-decision-to-block-redevelopment-of-flagship-ms-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39218","title":{"rendered":"High Court quashes Gove decision to block redevelopment of flagship M&#038;S store"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33134\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Marks_Spencer_Marble_Arch_Gary_Rogers_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/>The Secretary of State for Levelling Up&#8217;s called-in decision to refuse planning permission for a new flagship Marks &amp; Spencer (M&amp;S) store in London has been quashed by the High Court, in a decision that comes after a two-day appeal to challenge last year\u2019s ruling, seen also as a landmark case for demolish and rebuild projects.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Gary Rogers \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f0\/Marks_and_Spencer_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1466040.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marks and Spencer<\/a> Commons Wikimedia<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>M&amp;S writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"font--intro\">M&amp;S Operations Director, Sacha Berendji:\u00a0\u201cToday\u2019s judgment couldn\u2019t be clearer, the Court has agreed with our arguments on five out of the six counts we brought forward and ruled that the Secretary of State\u2019s decision to block the redevelopment of our Marble Arch store was unlawful. The result has been a long, unnecessary and costly delay to the only retail-led regeneration on Oxford Street which would deliver one of London\u2019s greenest buildings, create thousands of new jobs and rejuvenate the capital\u2019s premier shopping district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font--intro\">The Secretary of State now has the power to unlock the wide-ranging benefits of this significant investment and send a clear message to UK and global business that the government supports sustainable growth and the regeneration of our towns and cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.marksandspencer.com\/media\/press-releases\/high-court-rules-secretary-states-planning-decision-marble-arch-store-unlawful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the legal context see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk\/planning\/401-planning-news\/56612-high-court-quashes-gove-decision-to-block-redevelopment-of-flagship-marks-spencer-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local Government Lawyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary of State for Levelling Up&#8217;s called-in decision to refuse planning permission for a new flagship Marks &amp; Spencer (M&amp;S) store in London has been quashed by the High Court, in a decision that comes after a two-day appeal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39218\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39218","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\/39218","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39219,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39218\/revisions\/39219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}