| Topic: | Re: Dr Onkar Sahota's application in Castlebar Road | |
| Posted by: | Phil Kay | |
| Date/Time: | 06/09/13 13:18:00 |
| OK, having looked at his blog and an attached document from Ealing Council, I'm getting a bit confused again because the direct conclusions Mr Dennehy draws from the answers to his questions aren't apparent to me. It IS apparent that this whole thing stinks. The Council's response claims that it "does not offer a paid service for pre-application advice to householders" and therefore the freedom of information request he made "is not applicable and there is no relevant documentation". So, on the face of it, not much for the police to be interested in - BUT the Council then provide a link to their website, where, as far as I can make out, they DO make a charge for pre-application advice to householders: http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/1023/planning_advice_and_guidance/351/telecommunications_register/5 It still seems to me that this whole episode makes a farce of our local processes but there's a lot of detailed work to do on it before any enforcement authorities - police, CPS etc - will look at it. For clarity, Mr Dennehy's verbatim freedom of information question reads: "Dr Sahota, the local GLA Member had pre-planning application meeting with the Director for the Built Environment and also the Leader of the Council on the 25th October. The Council offers this as pre-planning application as a paid service. "Can I have copies of the application for this meeting that was made and also a copy of the invoice/receipt for the fees paid or any equivalent document that states the information requested." Ealing Council's verbatim response is: "The Director of Built Environment attended a meeting to offer procedural advice. The Council does not offer a paid service for pre-application advice to householders. For your additional information, the Council publishes details of its pre-application advice service on its website at the following link: http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/1023/planning_advice_and_guidance/351/pre-application_guidance "Therefore the request is not applicable and there is no relevant documentation." |