MP calls for debate on process of village green registration in the wake of ongoing Yeadon Banks battle
January 26, 2012 4:13 PM
Member of Parliament for Leeds North West, Greg Mulholland, has today in Business questions called for a debate on the process for registering village greens, in light of the current situation in Yeadon, where a campaign to have Yeadon Banks designated as a village green continues to be challenged by developers, Leeds Group PLC, who have been seeking to prevent the application since it was submitted in 2004.
Greg called for a debate on the process for registering areas of land as town and village greens (TVGs), specifically highlighting the case of Yeadon Banks in his constituency, where since the application was first made in 2004, Leeds Group PLC, who own part of the five acre site, have been defeated several times in their attempts to block the application, most recently in the High Court last year.
Despite this, Leeds Group PLC are now seeking leave to appeal the decision at the Supreme Court, a move that has seen Leeds City Council lodge a Notice of Objection to the grant of permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. It is also understood the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spellman, intends to lodge a Notice of Objection.
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"It is absolutely disgraceful that despite 8 years having passed since the application was submitted to register Yeadon Banks as a village green, Leeds Group PLC continue to oppose the application in an effort to free up the land for development, against the wishes of the local community. It is scandalous that they are now seeking leave to appeal at the Supreme Court
"Leeds Group PLC are clearly taking advantage of the legal system here, in the knowledge that money is no object to them. They have done this knowing full well the local community do not have the resources or the money to properly oppose their appeals
"The process for village green applications needs to be looked at to ensure it is a much quicker, clearer and proper process that cannot be blocked by developers who are willing to throw vast sums of money at appeals, despite opposition from the local community."
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