The Broads: Couple win landmark case over Environment Agency review

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A couple says wildlife is are under threat and invoke an EU directive to win a High Court case.

Mr and Mrs Harris, who own part of Catfield Fen, near the River Ant, said the plans should have included neighbouring sites such as Hickling Broad and Smallburgh Fen.swallowtail butterfliesThey brought a judicial review, arguing that the agency "failed to do enough to protect rare wetland species and habitats of international importance from the impacts of water abstraction".

A lack of Environment Agency funding was not a valid justification for failing to comply with its legal duties in this case, the court ruled. "Even though the UK has left the EU, the UK has not escaped the direct influence of European directives if, prior to Brexit, those rules had been found by a court to be directly enforceable against public authorities.The Environment Agency is investigating water extraction licences in Ant Broad, Dilham Broad and Broad Fen

 

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