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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]

The article summarizes a sentence from the Supreme Court of Spain dated March 25, 2011. The sentence deals with the suspension of activities in an industrial quarry in the municipality of La Oliva, in the Canary Islands, due to the lack of an Ecological Impact Statement. The violation of the state legislation on Environmental Impact Assessment is questioned, and the relationship between state legislation and regional environmental protection regulations is analyzed. The Court concludes that the suspension order was justified and annuls the declaration of expiration of the quarry exploitation authorization. [Extracted from the article]