{"id":37682,"date":"2023-09-26T16:17:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37682"},"modified":"2023-09-26T17:03:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:03:42","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-plymouth-city-council-loses-bid-to-end-legal-action-over-armada-way-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37682","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Plymouth City Council loses bid to end legal action over Armada Way trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-26464\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Plymouth_Civic_Centre_300px-259x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"180\" \/>Plymouth City Council applied to have the review into the felling of the Armada Way trees thrown out &#8211; but the judge refused, reports <em>PlymouthLive.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image of Civic Centre, Plymouth for illustration only by Se\u00e1n O&#8217;Reilly<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 application to abandon the review is \u2018misconceived\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>PlymouthLive<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The High Court has refused Plymouth City Council\u2019s application for a judicial review into the felling of trees in Armada Way to be thrown out.<\/p>\n<p>Labour council leader Tudor Evans claims the review is redundant now that he has overturned the previous administration\u2019s plan to remove trees, as part of a massive redevlopment (<em>sic<\/em>) in the city centre. A group called Save the Trees of Armada Way asked the court to decide if it was lawful for the previous council leadership to order the felling of the trees\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>But in a decision\u2026 Mrs Justice Lang disagreed, saying the council\u2019s application to abandon the review is \u2018misconceived\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>She said events since the felling was stopped in March had not rendered the issues \u201cwholly academic.\u201d\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plymouthherald.co.uk\/news\/plymouth-news\/high-court-chucks-out-plymouth-8562098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plymouth City Council applied to have the review into the felling of the Armada Way trees thrown out &#8211; but the judge refused, reports PlymouthLive. image of Civic Centre, Plymouth for illustration only by Se\u00e1n O&#8217;Reilly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37703,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37682\/revisions\/37703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}