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Date to be released: |
26 March 1997 |
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Mandy or Sandy |
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0117 942 0129 |
Following Monday's controversial London High Court ruling, over 100 residents attended a public meeting last night at the Hope Centre in Bristol to decide how to continue the challenge to the proposed extension to Durnford Quarry in the Ashton Court Estate.
A new independent group 'Friends of Ashton Court' has been set up by concerned local residents who aim to convince North Somerset Council to call their decision back to committee taking into account the 1995 Environment Act and not to rubber stamp the planning agreement.
They have pledged to take any legal steps considered necessary in order to save Top Park Field in the Ashton Court estate from destruction.
Local groups including Bristol Friends of the Earth and Avon Wildlife Trust will also be asking the Environment Secretary John Gummer to call in the Council's decision for a public inquiry.
Katherine Ardouin, a concerned local resident, said:
Ashton Court is very important to the people of Bristol. Hopefully this meeting will inspire people to take action and to put pressure on the Council to get them to change their decision. We want to save our meadow".
Steve King, one the meeting's organisers, said:
The meeting was a great success. It was lively, constructive and full of enthusiasm. The people of Bristol are not going to lie down and let their wild flower meadow be blown up without a fight.
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