The Supreme Court has refused an application to hear a legal challenge to the Sizewell C development consent order (DCO), saying that “the application does not raise an arguable point of law”.
The challenge was filed by Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) in August 2022 in the High Court and was heard by the Court of Appeal in November 2023. Both dismissed the challenge.
“That dismissal means it is the end of the road for legal challenges for this project, just shy of two years since the DCO was granted,” said blogger Mustafa Latif-Aramesh of BDB Pitmans. The challengers argument was around the source of freshwater for the new plant, and whether relying on a water pipeline connection which had not been fully defined meant that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) produced was compliant with the EIA Regulations.