 The residents gained legal aid to launch the judicial review and argued that there were flaws in the planning process . The review took place on 18 – 19 December 2012 in Manchester to decide whether the council 's planning process was legal . The judge reserved his decision for a month , but decided to reject RURA 's claim to quash the planning permission . The final legal action from RURA came to an end after an unsuccessful challenge was made to the Court of Appeal in March 2013 . 
