Protecting Lever Park and Rivington for the future…
Posted in News on May 29th, 2010
The Ombudsman stated: Article 74 of the final decision: “I have also found that the Council acted with maladministration by not complying with its own constitution that excludes officers from using delegated powers to determine planning applications on sites that are over one hectare and the decision would be contrary to a written comment received [...]
Posted in News on Nov 20th, 2008
Several people have asked for a short summary of our case against Chorley Council. Here it is: 1) Chorley’s Use of Delegated Powers. Delegated powers allow planning decisions to be made by a small group of three council officers, rather than a full planning committee which would include elected members. They are designed to be [...]
Posted in News on Nov 7th, 2008
From Gale Blackburn: Just to let you know that I’ve had no response to my letter to Chorley Borough Council arguing the case over how the Go Ape development could go ahead, given the shoddy nature of the ecology report! Well, I have had replies, but no one has addressed the queries I raised – [...]
Section 9.5 clause C (ii) Delegation cannot be used on a site of one hectare or more ( the go-ape site is 3.2 hectares) Section 9.5 clause D Delegation can’t be used if the decision is contrary to a written comment received from a local resident,a town or parish council or any other outside body [...]
Chorley Borough Council have been told by the Local Goverment Ombudsman’s office that they have recieved a formal complaint regarding planning application 08/00553/FUL (go-ape). This application was put through Delegated Powers and controlled throughout its process by JANE MEEK,and finished up with her signing the final planning permission. Chorley Borough Council have confirmed that the [...]
If you want to write to the local MP for Rivington (Lindsay Hoyle), here’s an excellent link: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/lindsay_hoyle/chorley Alternatively, From www.lindsayhoyle.com: 35-39 Market Street Chorley Lancashire PR7 2SW Chorley Constituency telephone: 01257 271555 Chorley Constituency fax: 01257 277462 House of Commons telephone: 020 7219 3515 House of Commons fax: 020 7219 3831 e-mail: hoylel@parliament.uk
You will find that Chorley Borough Council have a great deal to answer to: firstly why did they not comply with guidelines set out in the Communities and Local Goverment document regarding the use of Delegated Powers and secondly why did they go against their own policies set out in 2003 (Chorley local plan review [...]
