The scrutiny of review is dependent upon the circumstances of a particular case.  Both reasonableness and proportionality review involve considerations of weight and balance. The intensity of the scrutiny and the weight to be given to any primary decision maker’s view depend on the context.  Similarly, the requirements of procedural fairness depend on context. This includes the statutory framework within which the decision sought to be taken was impugned. The factors upon which the degree of scrutiny of review particularly depend include (1) the nature of the decision under challenge, (2) the nature of any right or interest it seeks to protect, (3) the process by which the decision under challenge was reached, and (4) the nature of the ground of challenge. See paragraph 669 of the Divisional Court decision in relation to a third runway at Heathrow, R (Friends of the Earth) v SoS for Transport (2019) EWHC 1070 (Admin), at paragraphs 147-153 inclusive.

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