Having worked with our local residents’ group to successfully oppose Royale development’s appeal, we’re left with around £50,000 costs to share. The District Council should have opposed the appeal, in line with their decision to reject the planning application. The Planning Inspector confirmed the reasons for refusing it were sound.

One way the District Council could atone for their failure to resist the appeal (a decision shown to be wrong because the appeal was rejected) would be for them to pay our costs. We wouldn’t have needed to spend this money if the District Council had been doing its job properly.