D-Day for the Albion

[Colbourne Kid]

Just to clarify a few bits about Mr Catt.

He moved to the stadium after we did.
In an article by the Argus on his peace campaigning he said he was deaf!
There have been numerous sound surveys carried out by the council all of which have concluded that there is no nuisance.
He is being funded by legal aid in this action.

 

[Titanic]

Just to clarify a few bits about Mr Catt.

He moved to the stadium after we did.
In an article by the Argus on his peace campaigning he said he was deaf!
There have been numerous sound surveys carried out by the council all of which have concluded that there is no nuisance.
He is being funded by legal aid in this action.

Typical, BLOODY typical

 

[Stinky Kat]

The whole thing is so mad it beggars belief if it was not so important I'd laugh

 

[WATFORD O]

Leave the guy alone. He's 81 and doesnt want to be surrounded by a load of poncey fairy queens every other week.

He has a right to object. You should pay more respect.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Leave the guy alone. He's 81 and doesnt want to be surrounded by a load of poncey fairy queens every other week.

He has a right to object. You should pay more respect.

Yes you do have a right to object. But you also need to be reasonable.

If he didn't want to be surrounded by fairy queens, then he picked the wrong city!

 

[mattieoo]

i bet he's the gut that used to put his garden chair at the end of his garden and watch the game. Sadly when they built the new stand he couldent see.

 

[3gulls]

The home of retired builder and peace campaigner Mr Catt overlooks the stadium.

"peace campaigner" says it all! f***ing lefty wanker!

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Maybe,he like to go to Baghdad,that will give him something to complain about.

 

[simonsimon]

Sounds like a LibDem voter?

 

[mona]

Has this spiteful lunatic got a chance of winning his case I wonder ?

 

[hitony]

The only real effect is the noise which is minimal and the traffic which is quite bad. They put fences up around the woods and that has stopped fly tippers who used to dump all sorts of things. Indeed Withdean has been a lot cleaner since the litter patrols moved in.

You shouldn't have to, but if he finds the noise unbearable then he should visit friends or family during matchdays. It doesn't hurt to give and take a little. BHAFC who do alot for the community have to put up with village facilities, why can't Catt just let it rest?

Peace campaigner? Whatever happened to love thy neighbour

I applaud your comments so very true

 

[hitony]

Leave the guy alone. He's 81 and doesnt want to be surrounded by a load of poncey fairy queens every other week.

He has a right to object. You should pay more respect.

I am actually quite surprised you can spell the word "Respect" being an Orient supporter

 

[Gwylan]

Just to clarify a few bits about Mr Catt.

He moved to the stadium after we did...

Is that really true? I thought he'd been a long-time resident.

If it is true, his chances of winning have gone from slim to none.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I think he moved there when we were playing there, but he is complaining about the new stand really, that has increase congestion and noise etc.

A poster here used to live in that road and can confirm. Can't remember the name though.




Is this just a case of waiting for the club to confirm what has happened or will there be a press release somewhere on the net as soon as it happens??

 

[Al Bion]

According to an email I've just received from Tim Carder, the Albion have won their case but no further info as yet...

 

[Titanic]

News on the grapevine is that we have WON the case

 

[Le Premier Cru]

Think of a word, four letters, starts with C and ends with T.

 

[magoo]

We have won!
I got a club text

 

[SI 4 BHA]

The bastard lost on all counts, the judge even said he was out of time to appeal - how the f**k could he get legal aid to support this, what a joke the legal system is! Because he's on legal aid we don't get any costs awarded, so much for f**king justice!!!!

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Albion Win Withdean Court Battle

By Tim Dudding

The Seagulls have won their case brought by John Catt, a Withdean resident, who challenged the planning application for the additional seats at Withdean.

Mr Justice Collins, who handed down his judgment in the High Court this morning, dismissed all the grounds for challenge by Mr Catt; that the club should have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with the planning application for the new seats and that the decision was made unlawfully by Brighton & Hove City Council.

Mr Collins found that the council had considered all the issues relating to the need for an EIA and had concluded correctly that it was not needed.

He also found that all the issues had been considered correctly by the planning committee and that the decision was lawful.

Finally, he found that Mr Catt had not kept the Albion or the council properly informed as to his intention to challenge the decision and that he was out of time in lodging his challenge.

New Seats

In addition, Mr Collins dismissed an application by Mr Catt to appeal against his judgment.

Albion chief executive Martin Perry said, "This challenge should never have been brought. Brighton & Hove Council got their decisions spot on this time and have handled it very well.

"It is an outrageous use of public money by Mr Catt. He used Legal Aid to bring this unnecessary action and he has forced the council and the club into spending thousands of pounds both defending it and answering spurious questions under the Freedom of Information Act.

"We have no chance in this case of recovering our costs because he is being supported by Legal Aid.

"However let this be a salutary lesson for Lewes District Council. Spurious challenges in the High Court can be defeated and we have put Lewes on notice that if the judgment by the court is similar to the terms of the Consent Order offered to them by the Treasury Solicitor, we will seek to recover our costs of the court action.

"The costs to Lewes could run to hundreds of thousands of pounds. Our costs alone are likely to be in the order of £75,000 and you have to add to that the costs incurred by the Treasury Solicitor, Brighton & Hove City Council, and their own.

"We repeat that it is totally unnecessary for the challenge on the Falmer decision to go to court and Lewes District Council are gambling with thousands of pounds of tax-payers' money."