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HELP US PAY FOR THE LEGAL CHALLENGE WE MADE!

One of our members has mounted a campaign to have the area turned into a "Town Green". Oxfordshire County Council have agreed to hold a public inquiry which started on 2nd April 2007 and adjourned on the 5th because it ran out of time.  After reconvening, the result was promised in August 2007, but finally arrived in October.  The Inspector decided that people using the area did so because they "strayed off the footpath" and that did not make it a "Town Green".  Radley Parish Council has mounted a challenge to this decision.  Oxfordshire County Council, in their attempt to flatten the challenge has engaged a couple of Leading QCs at a cost of over £20,000.  This was entirely unnecessary as the Parish Council asked them if they would not engage counsel until discussions had taken place with NPower to see if there was another route, apart from legal action.  However, Oxfordshire County Council ignored this request and promptly let loose the Dogs of War.  The case is now proceeding in the High Court  and we will need money to help pay for the legal fees now being incurred.

If you would like to help the campaign please contact our publicity team. 

We have won the security of the lakes but are faced with a huge legal bill.  We felt it was a campaign worth starting and despite the feelings from people that we would never win, a core of dedicated supporters have followed their instincts and have saved Thrupp and Bullfield Lakes.

Please give generously. 

Make a Donation - Click on the button below to use PayPal - This goes to a secure site at Paypal.co.uk to where you can make a donation with your credit card.

If you prefer, send a cheque - we don't pay charges to bank a cheque donation. Please send cheques made payable to "Save Radley Lakes" to The Treasurer at 3 Shaw's Copse, Radley, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3GZ

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Read our Supporters' Page

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Have a car boot sale and donate the proceeds.

Hold a coffee morning to get signatures for our petition and collect a pound from everyone to donate to our Campaign.

Have a sponsored something e.g. slim, walk, run, bath-in-a-tub-of-bakedbeans, silence, handstand, backflips, cartwheels,

whatever takes your fancy, and donate the proceeds to our Campaign.

Help Support the Campaign by purchasing our Greetings Cards -

Click on the picture to see the designs available.

Bullfield and Thrupp Lakes. May 2006

Picture Postcard - Idyllic, peaceful, beautiful, once-threatened, and the reason for our campaign - now saved at a huge cost!

There is a nominal membership fee with a request for a donation.

Contact the Campaign Officer by telephone or email.   Contact details are: Tel: Abingdon 01235 530174

Email:  info@saveradleylakes.org.uk