PETITION OF COSMOPOLITAN HOTELS LTD AGAINST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL [2021] ScotCS CSOH_116 (09 November 2021)

PETITION OF COSMOPOLITAN HOTELS LTD AGAINST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL [2021] ScotCS CSOH_116 (09 November 2021)

The petition is incompetent because section 237 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 precludes judicial review of the Council's decision to accept the reporter's recommendation; the statutory appeal procedure under section 238 provides the appropriate remedy.

Citation
[2021] ScotCS CSOH_116
Parties
Petitioner: Cosmopolitan Hotels Limited; Respondent: Renfrewshire Council
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
09 November 2021
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Outer House, Court of Session – Opinion
Outcome
Petition dismissed as incompetent
Legal Topics
Local Development Plan, Statutory Appeal, Judicial Review, Procedural Competency

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Parties

Cosmopolitan Hotels Limited

Petitioner

Renfrewshire Council

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Outer House, Court of Session – Opinion

  1. 1 Whether judicial review is competent to challenge the Council's decision to accept a reporter's recommendation modifying a proposed Local Development Plan
  2. 2 Whether the Council's Board failed to consider a material error in the reporter's recommendation

Ratio Decidendi

The petition is incompetent because section 237 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 precludes judicial review of the Council's decision to accept the reporter's recommendation; the statutory appeal procedure under section 238 provides the appropriate remedy.

Court Disposition

Petition dismissed as incompetent

Orders

  • Sustain respondent's first plea in law (competency)
  • Repel petitioner's pleas