Failed legal battle over housing plan for Shrewsbury parkland cost taxpayers £150,000
A legal battle over planning permission for homes to be built on a piece of parkland in Shrewsbury cost Shropshire Council almost £150,000, it has been revealed.
The dispute between the authority and a group of residents over Greenfields Recreation Ground ended with planning permission for part of the park being quashed in a landmark Supreme Court ruling in March.
Handing down the judgement, the court ordered the council to pay £105,000 towards the costs incurred by Dr Peter Day, of Greenfields Community Group, in bringing the case.
The council has now revealed that its own legal costs were an extra £44,389.30, bringing the total to £149,389.30.
A breakdown of the costs shows the council first forked out £17,700 to lawyers for the initial judicial review in the High Court.
