Property Development Project - Day 117

Now I am really mad, previously when looking at the memo from the Conservation Officer to my planning officer I just looked at the detailed comments and now I go back and read the whole thing.

It is an internal form sent over their network. It is headed POLICY DESIGN and INFORMATION: CONSULTATION SHEET. It has boxes for the general details of the application (i.e. application number, type, conservation area, TPO, address and parish etc.).

It also has a box for Date In – 20/01/2004, Date Req. – 03/02/2004 and Date Out – 02/03/2004.

So when sending out the request for a response the date was given for the end of the three week consultation process – AND THE CONSERVATION OFFICER RESPONDED IN TIME.

I have been ringing regularly as the weeks tick by and every response I got indicated that her comments had not been received. In fact it was simply that the planning officer dealing with the application could not be bothered to deal with it until the time came to do his report.

The only reason a copy got into the file when it did was because he went away on holiday and cleared his desk and computer message folder before he left.

Now I could create trouble for him by complaining about this, but is it going to help me get the permission I want?

I decide that this could be more trouble than it is worth and I need to get back to my plans and solve the problems raised by the Conservation Officer.


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