| Topic: | Re:Re:Fourth Letter to Chief Executive's Dept - Application reveals Council's Unsatisfactory Procedures | |
| Posted by: | Victor Mishiku | |
| Date/Time: | 06/04/13 02:05:00 |
| Thank you very much Tony for your comment. As I wrote to the Council yesterday in my fourth letter about these Minutes, since a separate item is posted up purporting to be the Council Minutes, why not post up the proper agreed final version of the Minutes rather than a flawed one, which would seem only sensible. Then, people can see straight away what happened at the previous Planning Committee Meeting without having to explore subsequent Meetings twice or thrice-removed to see if any changes may have occurred. As to "paper chases", the Administrative Court has in several Judicial Review cases criticised Councils' Planning Departments for laziness in not putting the proper reasons for granting permissions and instead sending people on a paper chase to check various parts of the UDP or other Planning Policy Documents by giving mere references of publications to locate and pore over and the Court accordingly quashed the permissions. I assisted a family in Twickenham and their planning consultant prepare for one such case a few years ago. The planning permission was quashed by the Court and they were awarded £19,000 towards their legal costs of about £26,000 against L.B.Richmond. When the case later returned to Committee for a re-determination, this time it was refused by a differently-constituted Committee. A subsequent appeal against the Refusal was dismissed by The Planning Inspectorate following a Hearing (Informal mode) at York House, Twickenham. In case Forum members missed the article in the "Ealing & Acton Gazette" on 22nd March 2013 re. Dr Sahota's planning application at 43 Castlebar Road, Ealing W5, it can be seen at this link below: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14377445/EalingGazette_Article_22ndMarch2013.pdf There are also two "Letters to The Editor" published in the same edition, which can be seen at: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14377445/YOURLETTERS_13thMarch2013.pdf |