| Topic: | Our experience at the hands of Ealing Council | |
| Posted by: | Charles Chara | |
| Date/Time: | 20/07/13 14:27:00 |
| As a resident of the Borough for the last 44 years, over this period gradually we have lost faith in the operations of the Council as a result of its Members especially after a case in our own road ref. 53 & 55 Friars Place Lane (which had a topic with a vast number of postings on the sister Acton website). As to the present matters of Castlebar Road, it seems that nothing has changed and that our Planning Department are acting as if the opinions of local people were non-existent. In our case, Mr Noel Rutherford made a public statement at the time faced with over 1,000 objections. He said: "The applicant and the Council’s involvement - The council must consider all applications received and treat all applications fairly regardless of who the applicant is, their status, or history. Applications are assessed on their planning merits only. Any other approach would be unlawful." Mr Rutherford added "I would urge anyone with any genuine concerns about this, and any other application to contact the council directly with their concerns especially if they think they are in possession of any proof of wrongdoing by a council officer." Note that Mr Rutherford says that the Council must "treat all applications fairly regardless of who the applicant is, their status, or history." Having read the above postings some very detailed, it seems that that fairness does not come into it! If so, where is it? Charles Charalambous 20th July 2013 Resident of the Goldsmith's Acton Estate |