PLYMOUTH City Council has had its latest bid to halt the legal battle over the chopped-down Armada Way trees thrown out of court and has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money. But the authority has said defeat in the latest round of the High Court battle will not stop it clearing up the city centre.
The council has asked the court to stop a judicial review brought by protesters at Save the Trees of Armada Way (Straw) - just three months after a judge said the hearing should go ahead. The newly-elected Labour administration had claimed the proceedings were "academic" because it had sent the £12.7m Armada Way redevelopment scheme back to the drawing board.
But after a 20-minute hearing it lost the renewed bid at the High Court in London yesterday and the legal fight will move to a full judicial review, with Straw saying the council had only succeeded in wasting more time and public money. A Straw spokesperson said: "We are delighted with the outcome of yesterday's hearing.
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