They decided to sell this land - it was actually with the sales team when Leese got Jamie's letter - it was that letter that made Leese pull the land back into limbo until they'd decided what to do.

The council make lots of decisions, (for example, to sell off Greenbank Fields, to install SureStart in Chapel Street School) which are then rapidly UNMADE when local people turn up and start intervening. Greenbank was stopped, SureStart were thrown out of Chapel Street school by the governors.

Part of the way the Council work is to make decisions without taking into account those affected by the decision. When those people stand up, the Council can be forced to back down. It's a long haul, but as long as this campaign keeps holding them to account publicly, and loudly asserting our right to that land, there are certain things they just can't get away with. Selling this land will be one of them.

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