The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the High Court and so the claimant does not have permission to bring a claim for judicial review.
The Court of Appeal held that the claimant did not have standing to bring the claim and that the grounds were unarguable.
The stay on implementing the schemes has been lifted and permission to appeal to the Supreme Court was refused by the Court of Appeal.
However, the claimant has until 26 February 2026 to make an application to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal which may alter the position.
We are now taking steps to introduce the Selective and Additional licencing schemes and further announcements will be made in due course.
The following PDF is a statutory public notice that we are required to publish on our website but will only come into force if and when this is agreed by the court.