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Judicial
Review of Town Green Decision
to
be launched by Radley Parish Council
[posted
29/02/2008]
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Following
its meeting yesterday evening (28th February) Radley
Parish Council issued the following statement
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Radley Parish Council is pleased
to see the recent press statement by RWE npower but,
in line with its earlier resolution and as a result
of the recent public consultation, which showed overwhelming
support for saving the Radley Lakes from being filled
by RWE npower, Radley Parish Council has today decided
to proceed with the Judicial Review of Oxfordshire County
Council's decision not to register land around Thrupp
and Bullfield Lakes as a town green. |
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| This action follows a recent consultation
of the residents of Radley, the result of which was that
an overwhelming 88% supported saving the lakes from destruction
and 80% supported proceeding with the judicial review.
An earlier decision by the Council had committed it to
carrying out the action if more than 50% voted in favour. |
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| The recent
statement by RWE npower that Thrupp Lake is safe
from infilling in the short term was considered to offer
insufficient assurance that npower was doing enough
to ensure the preservation of the lake in the long term.
The Parish Council did however indicate that it would
like to reopen a dialogue with npower to discuss the
future of the lakes. In the meantime, the starting of
judicial review proceedings was considered necessary
because of the requirement, imposed by the courts, for
such action to be taken promptly. |
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| Radley Parish Council would have much preferred
the action to have been led by Abingdon Town Council on
the basis of its legal standing in relation to the Town
Green application, and because it is suspected that the
majority of lakes' users come from Abingdon. Strong representations
were indeed made to the Town Council to this effect. After
considering the request, the Town Council did offer its
support for the legal action, but stopped short at becoming
directly involved, thus leaving Radley Parish Council
to undertake the judicial review on its own. The Vale
of White Horse District Council, Oxford City Council and
neighbouring Kennington Parish Council have also all declared
their support for the action. |
