Villages Development Co. v. Secretary of Executive Office of Environmental Affairs

How courts have described this case

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• basing interpretation of “permit” in environmental statute in part on agency regulation adding “deed” to its meaning
• stating requirements for obtaining declaratory relief with regard to administrative action
• developer and project proponent had standing under G. L. c. 231A to bring declaratory judgment action challenging scope of EIR as defined by Secretary
• properly owner has standing to seek declaratory relief when “the use of his property is prevented or impaired by an administrative decision which the owner maintains is valid”
• “It is settled that . . . relief [under c. 231A] is available to challenge the legality of administrative action even though the action concerns neither adjudication nor rule mating”
• EIR provides information necessary for a determination under G. L. c. 30, § 61

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).