Ryan Kohli and Rowan Clapp represent Secretary of State in Portland waste incinerator appeal
07 Oct 2025
Public Law and Judicial Review, Planning and Environment

Ryan Kohli and Rowan Clapp appear in the Court of Appeal today on behalf of the Secretary of State, defending a challenge to locally controversial plans to build a waste incinerator on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.
The key issues concern:
- the standard of reasons to be provided by planning decision makers,
- the construction of relevant policies of the Waste Plan, and
- whether the decision maker fully considered whether the proposed development was appropriately located in accordance with the provisions of the Waste Plan.