A claim lodged in the High Court against the Government’s decision to approve plans for a huge rail freight terminal on a Green Belt site has been listed for hearing in February.

St Albans District Council lodged the claim in the High Court last month against Eric Pickles' decision to grant planning permission for a rail freight terminal in Park Street, near St Albans.

The council has spent more than £1 million to date in the seven-year fight against the Helioslough scheme.