Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: STENCH of the RORIES PREVAILS | |
Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
Date/Time: | 13/09/11 15:09:00 |
Dawn All planning decisions at the London Borough of Hounslow were at the time taken either by the Sustainable Development Committee, by one of the five Area Palnning Committees or by officers acting under delegated authority, depending upon the size and scale of the development in question and whether or not there was opposition to it within the community. Under the current administration the Area Planning Committees have been abolished, but the SDC remains. I am not saying this is necessarily the right way or the wrong way to do things, but it's how it is. You may be interested to know that a motion denouncing the decision taken by SDC over Mogden was passed by the Isleworth and Brentford Area Committee shortly after it was taken. The motion was supported by all ICG councillors and by the Lib Dem on IBAC, and opposed by the Labour and Conservative councillors. It was largely a symbolic gesture, with no power to overturn the SDC decision, but this should give you some indication as to how the respective parties and groups lined up on this particular issue. You should also be aware that some 24 hours or so after the result of the local elections last year one of the most vociferous Conservative Party spokespersons on these forums was publicly bragging about the result, and about what he seemed to believe would be the permanent demise of the ICG as a consequence. This despite the fact that Labour had just the day before regained the London Borough of Hounslow with a ten seat majority. When I said to you that decent Conservative supporters like yourself had been badly let down by their local representatives it was not an observation made lightly. |