What does the High Court’s ruling mean for M&S’s Oxford Street plans? Lawyers give their views

By Tom Lowe2024-03-01T14:16:00

Developers offered “welcome reset” on planning policy, but full clarity is some way off, writes Tom Lowe

How the tables have turned. It was only two days ago that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors held a panel debate on the future of retrofit schemes and the ongoing impact of Michael Gove’s decision to reject Marks & Spencer’s Oxford Street plans. That decision has now been quashed by the High Court and what had been considered a watershed ruling for demolish and rebuild projects has been reversed.

While sustainability and heritage campaigners will react with dismay, high street retailers have already celebrated the sudden about turn. But what will happen now to the scheme in question?

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