We are a local group of residents who are concerned about the manner in which Cheltenham Borough Council managed the recent Spirax Sarco  - Charlton house planning case.

We believe the council failed to follow the correct procedure, hid evidence, ignored other evidence and failed to engage meaningfully with the local community. In doing so, the council provided the conditions for Judicial Review in the High Court.  Effectively, the High Court is the only route to quash the application and force the council to meet its statutory obligations

This is an opportunity to bring the whole application and design back into the planning stage and to preferably reduce the size of the proposed building to a more appropriate level.

We are taking a modular approach to the process to ensure each step is appropriate and to minimize cost and risk.

At this stage there is no risk, we are seeking advice from legal counsel on the merits of our case, assuming that counsel indicates a very high probability of success the next stage will be the issue of a PAP letter which puts the council and Spirax on notice.

Time scales are tight.  There is a deadline to submit to the high court 6 weeks after the permission has been issued.

The Spirax building is huge, is designed to dominate the area; apparently, to provide an impressive entrance into Cheltenham. It does that at the expense of the community that lives here.

We are raising £5,000 to cover the cost of the case review/advice and need your help to stop this.

Thank you for reading this and thank you very much for contributing to this effort to protect our community.

Dave