The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Injunctions to prevent environmental harm: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 etc.

Rule 7—(1) An injunction under—

(a) section 187B or 214A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(1),

(b) section 44A of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990(2), or

(c) section 26AA of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990(3),

may be granted against a person whose identity is unknown to the applicant; and in the following provisions of this rule such an injunction against such a person is referred to as “an injunction under paragraph (1)”, and the person against whom it is sought is referred to as “the respondent”.

(2) An applicant for an injunction under paragraph (1) shall, describe the respondent by reference to—

(a) a photograph,

(b) a thing belonging to or in the possession of the respondent, or

(c) any other evidence,

with sufficient particularity to enable service to be effected, and the form of the claim form used shall be modified accordingly.

(3) An applicant for an injunction under paragraph (1) shall file evidence by witness statement or affidavit—

(a) verifying that he was unable to ascertain, within the time reasonably available to him, the respondent’s identity.

(b) setting out the action taken to ascertain the respondent’s identity and

(c) verifying the means by which the respondent has been described in the claim form and that the description is the best that the applicant is able to provide.

(4) Paragraph (2) is without prejudice to the power of the court to make an order in accordance with CPR Part 6 for service by an alternative method or dispensing with service.

(1)

1990 c. 8; section 187B was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 3; and section 214A was amended by the section 23(7) of that Act.

(2)

1990 c. 9; section 44A was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 25, schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 7.

(3)

1990 c. 10; section 26AA was inserted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 25, schedule 3, Part I, paragraph 15.