Appeal14 Oct 2024 11:32
Central Government can, if they wish, supersede the regional committee and grant the ESIA, regardless. It was the route EML thought they were going through, when they raised the prior appeal. Instead of having the ESIA granted however, it was knocked back to regional. Whether the Govt minister thought regional should be the ones to make the decision and maybe thought they’d approve it, or that he just wanted to wash his hands of all responsibilities, knowing it would get rejected, who knows? I suspect Graham Clarke knows which is why they haven’t immediately stated they’re going to appeal again to central govt.
I find it difficult to believe that if there are no criminal movements going on in the background, that the regional committee or the govt ministry, does not want such a potentially huge jobs creating company to succeed.