PLYMOUTH City Council is attempting to end the legal battle over the Armada Way trees before it gets to court. The authority will make an application directly to the High Court asking it to consider stopping the judicial review brought by protesters.
The newly-elected Labour council said the proceedings are now “academic” because it has sent the £12.7 million scheme back to the drawing board. But the action group Save the Trees of Armada Way (Straw) accused the council of “political point scoring” and said the judicial review was started to determine whether the authority acted legally when it ordered the destruction of 129 trees in March.
Straw said its grounds for the legal action included determining whether the council was within its powers to allow the leader at the time, Cllr Richard Bingley, to make an emergency order without calling in the decision for scrutiny. Straw’s Crowd-justice campaign to raise cash for the legal fight has already topped £24,000 with more than 1,000 people pledging cash.
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