CA 19 June 1991. The premises was a farm of 100 acres of farmland. In 1985 an inspector, following a public inquiry, described the land as unique in the area, providing the only significant relief from urban development north of Bolton and enhancing the semi-rural character of the area. However in May 1989 the council issued a press release stating that it had reluctantly decided to end its battle over development of this area and allow it. Local residents stepped in and persuaded the Attorney General to lend his name to a relate action. In August 1989 this action was started against the developer, B. The local authority joined as an additional defendant. In January 1990 the action was dismissed but the residents continued to fight with a notice to appeal. In April 1990 a judge made an order for vacation of an entry in the land charges register in respect of this land in 1934, under Town and Country Planning Act 1932 s34, which said that the owner wished to preserve the land as open