LOCATION: REDCAR, NORTH-EAST ENGLAND.
RT: 72 mins
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009

STOP PRESS 3rd MARCH 2010 - COATHAM BEATS COUNCIL IN SUPREME COURT 5- 0 ! A LAND MARK VICTORY AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT STOPPED !

Documentary about a coastal community's campaign to stop the local council selling off covenant-protected common land and beach front to build a housing estate under the guise of a fantastical leisure scheme.

In the Summer of 2009, Redcar & Cleveland Council announced a £30m scheme to
regenerate Redcar seafront...But what happened to The £88m Coatham Links scheme of 2002 ?! After 7 years of council hype, the great “Rennaissance for Redcar” has seen over a MILLION pounds spent and NOT ONE brick laid of any new tourism and leisure facilities.

COATHAM IS A COMMON CONCERN because every taxpayer in this borough has paid for it. Like the MPs expenses scandal that outraged the nation, the Coatham leisure scandal involves all the parties grossly misusing our money. But this amount far exceeds the cost of Redcar MP Vera Baird’s Xmas decorations...

Now you can learn the REAL facts of a bungling, hellbent council that has failed Redcar; that has shown contempt for democracy and YOU the public. WE SAY ENOUGH !

In May 2009, this film was shown in PARLIAMENT and in Coatham church to 600 people. MP VERA BAIRD TRIED TO STOP BOTH SHOWS but NO legal action was taken. Thanks to public donations the truth can now be told. Less Info