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PRESS RELEASE – 27th July 2020 Community R4C asks Councillors & MPs to seek return of £150 million ‘state aid’   Environmental group Community R4C has written to all Gloucestershire’s MPs and county councillors to ask them to seek the return of £150 million of ‘illegal state aid’ from Urbaser Balfour Beatty. They claim sufficient …

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PRESS RELEASE – 17th July 2020 Community R4C wins key High Court finding against Gloucestershire County Council in Javelin Park incinerator case Barrister says ‘small cabal in GCC’ withheld vital information from public CR4C claims key step towards getting £150m for Gloucestershire tax payers In a potentially landmark judgment, a Bristol High Court judge has …

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PRESS RELEASE – 26th June 2020 HIGH COURT DECISION ON JAVELIN PARK ‘IN A FEW WEEKS’ Barrister claims ‘small cabal in GCC’ withheld vital information from public A decision in the High Court case over the controversial Urbaser Balfour Beatty operated waste incinerator at Javelin Park on the M5 is not now expected for some …

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PRESS RELEASE – 28th February 2020 JAVELIN PARK HIGH COURT CASE STARTS MONDAY 2ND MARCH Community environmental group’s legal challenge to Gloucestershire County Council’s £650 million waste incinerator contract begins March 2nd at Bristol High Court The long-running dispute over the controversial Javelin Park incinerator at Haresfield near Junction 12 on the M5 dates back …

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PRESS RELEASE – 13 February 2020 For Immediate Release COMMUNITY R4C WELCOMES GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL’s DISCLOSURE OF ‘SECRET’ DOCUMENTS AHEAD OF JAVELIN PARK HIGH COURT CASE GCC has complied with High Court order to disclose minutes of a key 2018 meeting of executives responsible for waste strategy Community environmental group’s legal challenge to £650 million …

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PRESS RELEASE – 3rd December 2019 Community R4C asks political candidates to vote on Javelin Park incinerator The campaign group Community R4C have written to all of Gloucestershire’s prospective parliamentary candidates to ask their position on the Javelin Park waste incinerator. The letter asks each candidate if they’re in support, against or unconcerned. The community …

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PRESS RELEASE – 23rd October 2019 DAVID DREW, MP, SUPPORTS CALL TO BAN BURNING PLASTICS AT JAVELIN PARK Stroud MP David Drew, has written to the Environment Agency to endorse Community R4C’s campaign to halt burning plastics and other recyclables at the Javelin Park incinerator. David Drew’s letter urges the Environment Agency to investigate and …

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NEWS RELEASE Police consider re-opening enquiry into CEO of Gloucestershire County Council 22nd July 2019 Gloucestershire Constabulary is considering whether to re-open an investigation into alleged ‘misconduct in public office’ by the chief executive officer of Gloucestershire County Council, Peter Bungard. Environmental group Community R4C alleges that his actions were intended to keep secret the …

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PRESS RELEASE: STANDING ROOM ONLY AT PACKED INCINERATOR MEETING Over 90 people attended a public meeting in Stroud on Thursday organised by anti-incinerator group Community R4C. Interested locals had to stand in the door ways to hear the group speak about its long-running fight against Gloucestershire’s waste incinerator at Javelin Park. The group, which is …

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TAKEN TO COURT OVER £650m INCINERATOR CONTRACT Community group wants £150m returned to taxpayer Community R4C – a not-for-profit community owned group – is taking Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) to court to challenge the legality of a £650 million contract awarded to consortium Urbaser Balfour Beatty to build the waste incinerator in …

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