tompo

Ms Ross Crail, the "independent" Inspector appointed to deal with the village green application was a lawyer who specialises in advising people on how to apply for village green status. It was not her job to make a decision. However, she did make recommendations and it was down to the council to implement them or not. She recommended that the whole 42 acres of the site should be registered as a village green but the council only wanted to register 17 acres. As a result it went to the High Court under Judicial Review.

It is possible for planning permission to be refused when previously granted. It is unlikely that the application will be the same and planning policies may have changed since the original decision.

There is a right of appeal if a planning application is refused. The appeal would be heard by a Planning Inspector, unless called in by the Secretary of State. If the Inspector dismisses the appeal a judicial review would only be considered if there is evidence that the decision is unlawful, for example, if the Inspector has failed to take in to account a material consideration. You cannot apply for a judicial review just because you do not agree with a decision.

As I said in my earlier post - opinions are subjective. More often than not we only see what we want to see and not what we should see. Prior to him signing for City, if you would have asked City fans for their opinion of Norman Hunter, the majority would have said he was nothing but a dirty clogger. Most people's preconceptions would have initially clouded their judgement. However, in reality, and as City fans came to recognise, he was anything but just a dirty player. He was very skilful and had a sweet left foot. Perhaps the Mirror reporter, as a a neutral, approached the match with an open mind about the players on both sides. Perhaps, like you, he saw LJ give the ball away a few times but perhaps he also saw him do more positive things than you have given him credit for because he never had any pre-conceived ideas or was not looking to pounce on the slightest error.

Just to show how subjective opinions and ratings can be. LJ was MOM in Sunday Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/cha...15875-21145463/

Irony is that he got here before his tickets. Wonder how many air miles they clocked up?

Not sure that the Irish would agree (about Cromwell, not Geoff Merrick). Cromwell was responsible for the deaths of one third of the Irish population, either through massacre or starvation.

Fred Ford's side of 64-65. Came from nowhere (near the foot of the table in February) with a late run. Fired on by Big John Atyeo's goals they clinched promotion on the last day of season. Strangely enough the team they beat on the last day in 65 was Oldham.

Was I right or was I right? Sadly no consolation what so ever in being proved right.

Exactly. We need to watch McSporran. Always seems to score against us.