Judge rules out land plots protest ploy
Language: English Series: Guardian ; 20 June 1992, 6 | Daily Telegraph ; 20 June 1992, 2(1)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: Reports on a HC ruling outlawing the practice of individuals or pressure groups from buying strategically important land and selling it in hundreds of tiny plots to disrupt the compulsory acquisition of land needed for road construction. In this instance, the Norfolk Friends of the Earth had acquired a section of disused railway line and had sold it in square metres to supporters to frustrate the building of a by-pass over the M11.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB2825-10 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 43717-1001 |
Reports on a HC ruling outlawing the practice of individuals or pressure groups from buying strategically important land and selling it in hundreds of tiny plots to disrupt the compulsory acquisition of land needed for road construction. In this instance, the Norfolk Friends of the Earth had acquired a section of disused railway line and had sold it in square metres to supporters to frustrate the building of a by-pass over the M11.