An energy company appealed against a decision that the fact that the local MP had lobbied against its proposed wind farm did not render the refusal of planning permission by the first respondent secretary of state unlawful. Permission had initially been refused in 2011. The application was not finally determined until December 2014, when, after … Continue reading BROADVIEW ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS LTD v (1) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2016)