High court battle to stop huge reservoir ‘destroying’ local environment

The Labour Government is facing its most significant judicial review to date when campaigners challenge plans to build a highly controversial reservoir in Oxfordshire. Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed has given the go-ahead for the £2.2 billion, four square lake at Abingdon. Residents and environmentalists are outraged by the development plans and have been battling for over 17 years to stop it. The judicial review’s claimants, the Oxfordshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect…