Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 6 de octubre de 2011 (Sala de lo Contencioso Administrativo, Sección 5ª, Ponente: Eduardo Calvo Rojas).

In this Supreme Court ruling, an appeal against the annulment of a decision by the Commission for Land Planning and Environment of the Canary Islands is resolved. The appeal is based on the unnecessary requirement of an environmental impact assessment for the Plan in question and the non-obligation to subject it to the Strategic Evaluation of Plans and Programs. The Supreme Court considers that none of the arguments presented in the appeal are acceptable and confirms the annulment of the plan. It emphasizes the importance of environmental impact assessment as a reconciling technique between the demands of economic and social development and environmental protection. [Extracted from the article]