A leisure club owned by Lensbury is attempting to block a hydropower project at west London lock and weirs in Teddington . The project, initiated by a local cooperative group of volunteers who have raised £ 700,000 , would generate sufficient energy to power about 600 homes. The Shell club has now been granted the right to appeal against planning permission for the project. The appeal court judges agreed. 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.
A leisure club owned by Lensbury is attempting to block a hydropower project at west London lock and weirs in Teddington . The project, initiated by a local cooperative group of volunteers who have raised £ 700,000 , would generate sufficient energy to power about 600 homes. The Shell 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.