High Court to consider approach to heritage law and policy in judicial review challenge concerning Clandon Park in Guildford
Planning & environment, Public law & judicial review
A judicial review challenge brought by the Georgian Group relating to the grant of planning permission and listed building consent for works to secure Clandon Park House and bring it into a long-term use following a catastrophic fire in 2015 will be heard by the High Court in June having been designated as a significant claim and expedited.
Clandon Park House (“Clandon”) is renowned as one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in Britain. It was built by Giacomo Leoni, a significant architect of the early eighteenth century, in approximately 1730 and is one of the few country houses by Leoni to survive. It sits within formal gardens and parkland, laid out by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown in the 1760s and 1780s. The house is listed at Grade I. The Judicial Review challenge brought by the Georgian Group will consider various aspects of heritage policy and law and address the approach to assessing significance. The National Trust is an interested party.
Tom Cosgrove KC and Jack Barber are instructed by the Guildford Borough Council.
