In June 2024 the UK Supreme Court made a landmark decision that Surrey County Council's decision to grant planning permission to a developer, who was looking to retain and expand an existing onshore oil well site, was unlawful due to the project's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) not including an assessment of the downstream greenhouse gas emissions that would arise from the project.

This webinar will consider the detail of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Finch v Surrey County Council & Others [2024] UKSC 20, the Office for Environmental Protection’s intervention in the case, and the impact of the case on the assessment of downstream greenhouse gas emissions in EIA.

Our speaker

Kate Tandy is the Head of Litigation and Casework at the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), leading on the legal aspects of delivering the OEP’s enforcement function. Kate has worked across a wide range of environmental law issues, having previously worked as Chief Legal Adviser for the National Farmers’ Union where she was involved in a number of high-profile judicial review cases affecting the agricultural industry. Kate was also listed on the ‘ENDs Report Power List 2024: the UK’s 100 most influential environmental professionals’ as an 'Unsung Hero'.