Climate change: An obviously material planning consideration?

In the first of two articles on climate change, Frank Orr provides an analysis of its legislative context Notwithstanding the exigency implicit within the CCA, climate change as a potential material planning consideration enjoys no special status per se within T&CP decision-making, let alone any express provision in decision-making either in the TCPA 1990 or …
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