BARD Campaign instructs leading experts

The BARD Campaign is delighted to announce the latest progress in the campaign to prevent unnecessary development on land around Stratford.

We have instructed expert counsel – Ian Dove QC of No 5 Chambers Birmingham, together with Simon Ricketts of SJ Berwin, one of the UK’s leading planning solicitors. Their advice will greatly assist us in collecting the factual evidence to support out assertions that building a new town on the outskirts of Stratford is neither environmentally friendly nor warranted.

We particularly welcome the very generous donation received yesterday by an anonymous local land-owner of £100,000 to the BARD Fighting Fund. This sizeable sum will assist in ensuring that no stone is left unturned in our fight to demonstrate the fallacy of this eco-town project and the unsustainability of building on this scale on this site.

Further donations to the Fighting Fund are gratefully received. Please contact Maurice Howse, maurice.howse@BARDcampaign.org or check out the Fighting Fund section on our website www.BARDcampaign.org

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For further information or request for interviews, please contact:

Hilary Bliss
hilary.bliss@BARDcampaign.org Telephone: 01789 491 391