Key legal question
Whether the previous court had to include the 2004 preliminary study in the file and whether refusal violated the right to be heard.
Extracted holding
No. The relevant competition documents were on file; the preliminary study itself was not part of the building-permit record and did not have to be produced.
Extracted reasoning
The hearing right covers files that may form the basis of the decision. The available study briefs and jury report already dealt substantively with urban design and contextual integration, so the preliminary study was not necessary evidence.