1. I was not impressed with the style or way the Public Inquiry had been conducted. But if that was bad, it became even more so after I received the decision from the Planning Inspectorate.

2. That arrived on 11th December 2009. My claim had been rejected.
   2009-12-11 Helen Slade decision 

3. As Christmas approached, I thought long and hard about the decision, but whichever way I looked at it, I could not make it add up.

4. How very different Public Inquiries had become if this was anything to go by.

5. Christmas came and went, followed as usual by New Year.  In the meantime, unable to live with something I could not understand, I decided judicial review was my only option.

6. However, the holiday season had eaten into the three month period to apply for Judicial Review.  Applications made towards the latter end of the time were not looked upon favourably.

7. However, this time, I resolved to engage the full force of the law rather than engage with a mechanism I no longer recognised. A solicitor and a barrister had to be found quickly. 

8. In the meantime, I made notes referencing the areas of contention paragraph by paragraph

Next time: from my notes.

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