The group trying to halt plans for Oxford United’s new 16,000-seater stadium has said it will fight on after it had its appeal for a judicial review turned down.<\/p>\n
The club’s plans to build on land known as the Triangle, near Kidlington, were approved by Cherwell District Council and the government<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n Campaign group Friends of Stratfield Brake (FoSB) decided to challenge the council’s decision, lodging a challenge with the High Court. It said the judge’s refusal was “not unusual at this stage” and that the “scenario” was built into its legal fees budget.<\/p>\n Oxford United has suggested that the club’s future could be in jeopardy were the ground not to be built<\/a>.<\/p>\n FoSB lodged the legal complaint over the new ground’s potential impact on local wildlife and aspects of the planned road closures.<\/p>\n It said its lawyers had applied for a permission hearing, external<\/a> in which a barrister would set out why they believed permission for the judicial review should be granted.<\/p>\n