Supreme court rules in favour of halting housebuilding in Shrewsbury park

Judgment handed down after five-year legal battle is landmark ruling for protection of green spaces

Campaigners have won a supreme court appeal to stop houses being built on a park protected by a 100-year-old statutory trust in Shrewsbury, in a landmark ruling for the protection of green spaces.

A judgment handed down on Wednesday after a five-year legal battle ruled in favour of a resident who argued a statutory trust created in 1926 gave residents rights of recreation over the land, even after the council had sold it to a developer.