“…In this context it is also important to bear in mind what was said by Lady Hale JSC in R (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2, [2011] 1 WLR 268, at paras. 35-36. As Lady Hale emphasised in that passage, in this country planning decisions are taken by democratically elected councillors, who are responsi…”
“…ught to do so (absent good reason why not): Hart, supra, [49]; R (Akester) v DEFRA [2010] Env LR 33, [112]; R (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2, [2011] 1 WLR 268, [45] (Baroness Hale); R (Prideaux) v Buckinghamshire County Council [2013] EWHC 1054 (Admin), [2013] Env LR 32, [116]. The Judge could not be faulted in givin…”