A leisure club owned by Shell is attempting to block a hydropower project at Teddington lock and weirs in west London . The project , initiated by a local cooperative group of volunteers who have raised £ 700,000 , would generate sufficient electricity to power 600 homes . The Lensbury Club has now been granted the right to appeal against planning permission for the project . The high court had previously rejected the club ’s proposed judicial review of the scheme . The case further complicates the future of such small , cooperative , renewable projects which have already been rendered vulnerable by changes to tax and planning permission regulations .
A leisure club owned by Shell is attempting to block a hydropower project at Teddington lock and weirs in west London. The project, initiated by a local cooperative group of volunteers who have raised £700,000, would generate sufficient energy to power 600 homes. The Lensbury club has now been granted the right to appeal against planning permission for the project. The high court had previously rejected the club’s proposed judicial review of the scheme. The case further complicates the future of such small, cooperative, renewable projects which have already been rendered vulnerable by changes to tax and planning permission rules.