Bristol City Council disappointed with High Court Ruling

In a statement issues by Bristol City Council, they say:

Bristol City Council respects the Judge’s decision today on this matter of legal process, and will study it carefully over coming days, rather than issuing an instant analysis or detailed reaction.

We are of course disappointed that this means that we have many more months of uncertainty ahead, at least until a June hearing of the matter, and with it the certain prospect of bills for tens of thousands of pounds more of tax payers’ money in legal fees.

In essence though, the Court has still not actually examined or formed any view on the rightness of the decision taken last year by our cross-party committee of councillors to register (only) the southern 20 acres of the site as a Town and Village Green.

We are therefore back in a count-down to a full Court hearing of the issues.

Read full statement here.