Byley Gas plant: the fight continues

BYLEY GAS PLANT:
RAP FIGHTS ON!

Faced with an incomprehensible decision by John Prescott and Patricia Hewitt to overturn the result of the 2002 public inquiry on Scottish Power’s Byley gas plant, RAP has no option than to fight on with an appeal to the High Court. But not only does RAP have no option – RAP has the heart, soul and mind determination to fight on! This is not a reluctant fight.

Said RAP Chairman John Halstead: The details are now with our lawyers who are studying grounds for appeal. At first look we are greatly encouraged and see good grounds for challenging this perverse decision by the Secretaries of State.

We now have until June 30th to make our challenge in the High Court. RAP will deal with the details of the case, acting together with Councils Against the Plant, who will formally brief lawyers. But one thing we will surely need is money.

Our advice is that to be allowed to go to the High Court we will need about £50,000 in the bank. We are confident we can raise that, given assurances from a number of major backers of our campaign. But we need something else. We need a large number of donations from the public. We need this to show that the fight is on behalf of the ordinary people of Cheshire.

So we need your donations: however large, however small. We need donations from the public with names and addresses of the donors. It doesn’t matter if you are giving five pounds or fifty pence. We need the endorsement of your support.

So if you want to kill the gas plant, send your donations to:
The Treasurer,
Residents Against the Plant,
C/O Pump Cottage,
King’s Lane,
Cranage,
Cheshire, CW10 9LX.