| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 21/04/09 13:45:00 |
| Hmm I can and I can't agree Sarah. I personally thought that team work was fairly strong at most Councils where I worked, admittedly actions couldn't always be joined up but not only were computer systems interlinked but more importantly staff did actually talk to each other and other departments. About the boundary issue I must admit I look at it completely differently, and I should say from the outset that I always consider myself a relatively helpful person both personally and professionally. However, on any standard letters about planning the Council sent out, e.g. neighbour notification letters about applications, planning enforcement leaflets etc, it was and I believe still is made clear in black and white that boundary disputes or breaches of deeds and covenants were not planning issues and could not, by law, be considered or investigated by the Council. Ultimately therefore the time spent dealing with those 5 calls, and if those calls were logged as you suggested, would in my view be a complete waste of resources and money. Personally, my view is that these days rather than people ever making any attempt to sort things out for themselves, either by talking to neighbours, Citizens Advice Bureau etc, the vast majority think that just because they pay Council Tax they have a 'right' to expect the Council to get involved in anything and everything, regardless of whether the Council has any legal rights or powers to do so. Ultimately I suspect I hold a very different perspective on the role of a Local Authority to the majority of people, in my view the Local Authority is there to carry out a host of statutory functions which have strong elements of interaction with the general public, but it is erroneous to suggest that the primary function of a Council is to serve the general public. On the other hand, Councillors are elected by the public specifically to serve the general public, and from both personal viewpoint and professional opinion I think that distinction between the role of Councillors and the function of Local Authorities needs to always be maintained, although I appreciate that is a view probably not shared by Councillors or much of the public. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| building site left open to children? | 12/04/09 23:34:00 | William Micheal Read |
| Re:building site left open to children? | 15/04/09 00:55:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:building site left open to children? | 15/04/09 02:04:00 | Phil Andrews |
| Re:Re:Re:building site left open to children? | 15/04/09 11:41:00 | Philippa Bond |
| In reality there is nobody on the case. | 15/04/09 15:11:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 15/04/09 19:25:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 16/04/09 09:14:00 | Vanessa Smith |
| Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 16/04/09 21:00:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 16/04/09 20:30:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 16/04/09 23:06:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 20/04/09 09:05:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 20/04/09 21:34:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 20/04/09 21:40:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 21/04/09 13:45:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 21/04/09 19:10:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 21/04/09 19:37:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:In reality there is nobody on the case. | 21/04/09 20:22:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:The Euro Centre | 17/04/09 20:45:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 17/04/09 22:33:00 | William Micheal Read |
| Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 12:09:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 12:29:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 12:49:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 14:20:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 20:43:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 20:00:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 18/04/09 20:01:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| :Re:The Euro Centre | 19/04/09 09:40:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re::Re:The Euro Centre | 19/04/09 11:39:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 19/04/09 12:07:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Euro Centre | 19/04/09 12:10:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| :Re:The Euro Centre | 19/04/09 12:30:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:building site left open to children? | 17/04/09 22:07:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:building site left open to children? | 21/04/09 09:45:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| :Re:building site left open to children? | 21/04/09 12:54:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re::Re:building site left open to children? | 21/04/09 14:08:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Photos of the Centre | 21/04/09 15:22:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Photos of the Centre | 21/04/09 16:40:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Photos of the Centre | 22/04/09 00:02:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |
| Re:Re:Re:Photos of the Centre | 23/04/09 15:47:00 | Sarah Felstead |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Photos of the Centre | 23/04/09 17:14:00 | Yashdra Sunresh |