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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply
Posted by: Adam Beamish
Date/Time: 02/02/20 13:49:00

"Regarding the sordid topic of coin, we have had it on first-hand authority that - in 20 years of related work experience - Mr Beamish has never encountered any evidence of such a notion."

Just go back to my posts on this thread Tracie and perhaps you'll acknowledge that what I wrote was nothing like what you imply above ?.

If you had been a regular poster/visitor to these forums for many years you'd have read posts from me where I have openly discussed 'dodgy' goings on.  I know of one ex-colleague who  got offered a bribe of free flights.  Or the (almost 20 years ago) story of the ex-senior LBH Officer who allegedly rewrote a legal agreement to avoid a developer having to provide a community facility before magically going on sick leave and never returning (as reported in Private Eye etc.).

I was in the middle of the Ombudsman investigation into the 'antics' of a minority of members of the Heston & Cranford Area Committee in the mid 2000s, when those members had a habit of overturning recommendations made by both myself and my team to take enforcement action, and one local resident made a formal complaint about their conduct, leading to an Ombudsman investigation and ultimately that Area Committee being stripped of its decision making powers for a year.  Not only was I interviewed as part of that investigation but provided the Ombudsman with the log I kept of every conversation I ever had with any Councillor (as I was required to do in accordance with the Council's procedures).

And finally I 'walked away' from the public sector 12 years ago when a Director (who ironically subsequently received an  MBE for services to local government) tried to bully me into effectively covering up the failings of previous Officers at LPA by misleading members of the public.

So don't make yourself look stupid by twisting my posts.

What I'm saying and I always say is this.  Most planning officers at Councils and in the private sector are members of the Royal Town Planning Institute.  The code of conduct requires members to be truthful and honest at all times.  I, and the vast majority of planners I encounter, take that seriously.  After all, I've worked in planning for over 21 years now, and I'll probably work in the field for another 20 years.  So that's 492 months, and say on average my monthly income over that time is £3500...that's over £1.7 million.  How likely is that that a planner, be it at an Council or the private sector, is going to risk their career and future well-being by taking a bribe ?.  Of course, as in any professional, there's the odd bad egg, but they're very much in the minority.

Naturally, because of the seriousness of allegations, if you or anyone else is ever going to post on public forums alleging that a specific developer or Council officer is corrupt, then it's obvious you must have the evidence to support that allegation.  It's the same as Sally Bercow and Lord McAlpine on Twitter.  I'm all for rooting out anyone who is corrupt, but a minority of Joe Public fails to engage their brain and thinks "hey, let's accuse so and so of something illegal on social media even though I have absolutely no evidence to support that allegation" and then when they get hauled through the courts for defamation they're like "oh, but I was just shouting my mouth off on the internet, I didn't really mean it".  There's never any thought about the potential consequences for the Officer who has made a professional recommendation which you just happen to disagree with.

It's like you keep going back to the question about closing the only supermarket and not having an alternative facility available until the new one is built, I gave you a straight answer (i.e. planning legislation doesn't allow a Council to refuse an application on that basis) but, probably because you didn't like that answer, you've decided to overlook it.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 11:10:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
   Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 12:22:00 Carol Jean Lamb
      Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 12:30:00 Paul Fisher
         Re:Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 12:52:00 Eric Baker
            Re:Re:Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 13:22:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 13:35:00 Frank DeWet
            Reply24/01/20 14:22:00 N V Brooks
               Re:Reply24/01/20 15:22:00 Pat Kingham
                  Reply24/01/20 15:56:00 N V Brooks
                     Re: A message for L&Q - Morrisons site24/01/20 16:28:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                     Re:Reply24/01/20 16:28:00 Keith Iddon
                        Re:Re:Reply25/01/20 06:38:00 Nicholas Beard
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply25/01/20 09:08:00 Raymond Havelock
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply25/01/20 11:41:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply25/01/20 12:45:00 Jennifer Selig
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply25/01/20 13:41:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply26/01/20 12:16:00 Adam Beamish
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply26/01/20 16:14:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply26/01/20 16:24:00 Jennifer Selig
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply26/01/20 16:25:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply27/01/20 19:51:00 Adam Beamish
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply28/01/20 07:48:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply28/01/20 14:53:00 Adam Beamish
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply29/01/20 07:14:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply29/01/20 09:44:00 Peter Evans
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply01/02/20 08:52:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply01/02/20 10:33:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply01/02/20 16:31:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply02/02/20 13:49:00 Adam Beamish
                                                                        Limted LA powers02/02/20 18:25:00 Peter Evans
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply03/02/20 01:28:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply03/02/20 01:33:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply03/02/20 08:46:00 Adam Beamish
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply03/02/20 11:07:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
                                                                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply03/02/20 17:34:00 Adam Beamish

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