GAS PLANT
CHALLENGED IN HIGH COURT
THE FIGHT IS ON!
At 11.50 am on 29/6/04 RAP announced that a writ has been served on the Treasury’s Solicitors challenging John Prescott and Patricia Hewitt’s approval of Scottish Power’s gas plant. The case will come before the High Court in London at a date yet to be announced.
To comply with legal requirements, the writ was served by Cranage Parish Council, a long standing opponent of the gas plant, while RAP (Residents Against the Plant) will provide technical advice, and financial support, to deliver a powerful case against Prescott and Hewitt’s perverse decision to over-rule a fair and open public inquiry.
Said RAP John Halstead:
“We are delighted with this opportunity to fight on, and we’re full of confidence that justice will prevail. We now wait for the High Court to give a date for the case to be heard. Our lawyers say that this may not be for six months to a year, and in the meanwhile, Scottish Power’s plans come to a full stop! They can’t put so much as a spade into the ground until the High Court gives its judgment. Meanwhile, donations to our fighting fund have now exceeded £23,000 – a magnificent total, mainly in small sums from large numbers of angry Cheshire residents. But we still need more, to make sure we can finally drive a stake through the heart of Scottish Power and its wretched project. So I appeal to the people of Cheshire to keep the funds rolling in. Let’s kill the gas plant. Let’s kill it together!”
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