Topic: | Front page article re. area planning committees | |
Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
Date/Time: | 03/06/11 13:51:00 |
Well I'm somewhat in two minds about the abolition of Area Planning Committees, it beggars belief that the front page article includes the following paragraph : "There is also concern that the demise of local planning committees will make it even easier for unwelcome developments to slip through by stealth. Hounslow Council 'publicise' planning applications in papers that are not generally in available in parts of the borough such as Chiswick so the first notice that some residents may get that a development is planned is when building work starts." It basically implies that Planning Officers haven't got a clue what they're doing and will happily approve anything now that the Area Committes won't exist, as though before they were accountable to the Area Committee for every decision they made. And I'm intrigued where the phrase "unwelcome developments" comes from, the relevant legal wording is about development which accords with development plan policies and all other material planning considerations, not whether it's welcome or not. Typical nonsense from a 'journalist' who clearly hasn't got a clue what he or she is writing about, and is scaremongering - a Daily Mail reject perhaps ?. |