Immediately after the planning committee meeting back in December, we got in touch with Bill Cash to explore any options we might have had. Bill then contacted Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the chap responsible for the new(ish) Communities Act which will require more involvement of local communities in making planning decisions.
We optimistically thought that the Secretary of State might be able to help in some way. But he can't. At the end of the post is a copy of a letter received from one of his ministers, the Rt. Hon Greg Clark MP, no less. The only action left to us is to take up the matter through the Courts which would, of course, require the involvement of solicitors not to mention time and money. If anyone out there wants to do that then do let us know and we'll help out with the publicity.
This does not mean the end of the road for The Blog, however. We have another post in preparation about the lessons we have learned over the past eighteen months about democracy, local politics, common decency and a multitude of other points. Don't miss it!
