Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council – WLR Daily

Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608; [2010] WLR (D) 145

“A planning authority considering a development ostensibly affecting the species or habitat of a European Protected Species covered by the Habitats Directive was to have due regard to the requirements of the Directive, which could involve questions as to indirect, as well as direct, impact upon the species, and also deterioration or destruction of their breeding or resting place.”

WLR Daily, 11th June 2010

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