Planning Challenges & Asylum Seekers Accommodation - With 39 Essex Chambers

Introduction

The government’s attempts at using hotels, former RAF bases and most recently a floating barge to accommodate asylum seekers have proven highly controversial.

A glut of High Court litigation has followed, with unhappy local councils and residents seeking to push back against central government’s attempts at novel planning uses without following conventional planning procedures.

Richard Wald KC and Jake Thorold of 39 Essex Chambers have acted for numerous local planning authorities caught at the centre of some of the key examples of these legal challenges and are well-placed to share insights into them.

This live broadcast session will provide lawyers, planners and local government officials with their reflections on the various strands of litigation to date and more generally on the key lessons they may offer on bringing challenging against central government decision making, and the practical steps for taking any such action.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Challenges to the government’s use of hotels for asylum accommodation
• Challenges to the government’s use of former RAF bases for asylum accommodation
• Challenges to the government’s use of the Bibby Stockholm barge for asylum accommodation
• The process of bringing a High Court challenge
• Use of local government’s planning enforcement powers
• Outlook for 2024 and beyond

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.