Protecting Lever Park and Rivington for the future…
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 used for [...]
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 or [...]
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 complaint is [...]
