Campaigners demand council reveals legal fees ahead of Supreme Court case over recreation ground

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A community group has been embroiled in a legal battle over the sale of part of designated community land for housing.

Greenfields Community Group has been embroiled in a legal battle over the sale of part of Greenfields Recreation Ground in Shrewsbury for several years.

, and vowed to help return the land to the community. That followed the publication of the Redfern Report - an independent inquiry into the sale. "We have asked Shropshire Council how much it is costing to defend its position in The Supreme Court," said Alyson Lanning, from the Greenfields Community Group.

"It’s absolutely senseless – and will be extremely costly. It has been suggested to us that the legal costs alone, taking into account officer time and expense, could cost Shropshire Council up to a quarter of a million pounds!

 

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