Alice Lester, Brent Council's Director of Regeneration, Growth and Employment, has refused the request to recluse some councillors or defer the Mumbai Junction item.
In an email she wrote:
You have requested a stage 2 review of your complaint, and also that some members of the planning committee are recused from consideration of the planning application reference 22/3260, 231 Watford Road.
You also suggest that the application should be deferred from the committee as given this request for a stage 2 review, the complaints process is ongoing.
The Council’s position is that the investigation into the stage 1 complaint demonstrated that the planning application can be considered by the committee as currently constituted, and a sound decision is able to be made. A stage 2 complaint investigation does not outweigh the process of determining planning applications in a timely manner.
If a person sufficiently affected by the planning decision believes that the decision is legally flawed, the correct process to follow is to challenge it via a judicial review.
The complaints team will progress the stage 2 review on behalf of the Chief Executive.
4 comments:
Just what one would expect from Brent. Why do they not just get rid of the Commitee anyway? Maybe it's to make Councillors feel important
Typical Brent Council answer - we do what we want to and if you don't like it seek a Judicial Review!!!
Then the Council will spend tens of thousands of Council taxpayers money on lawyers to find a legal loophole so that they win - and if they don't win they will spend more Council taxpayers money to pay your legal fees as well.
Just like the london mayor they can do what we like a law unto themselves I’m sure the money involved in legalities will be found somewhere close by like barham park we have no say in the matter I think it’s a done deal I’m going to the betting shop see if I can win a few pounds
Councillors get paid more money in allowances to sit on the planning committee - as they are mostly Labour Councillors on the planning committee they won’t do away with the planning committee as the Labour Party get more money for their election campaign.
One solution - vote Labour out in the next local elections.
We need a better balanced Council to reflect the concerns of us residents.
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