Fascinating debate on Tuesday at Planning. It truly was!
How a councillor could declare "I thought we weren't going to vote for windfarms" during the first debate of the day said it all.
To the lay person it's a passing comment. But in reality it meant that either there is a "party line" - illegal according to Planning law; there is a party whip approach - illegal according to Planning law or that the members had had a pre-meeting and therefore pre-disposed to the outcome of the debate in advance - illegal according to the law again.
Instead, while I was sitting in the wings because I could be considered to have a predisposition to the outcome of the debate (unlike all of my colleagues), I listened to the need for a "site visit".
Why visit a mountain to see whether or not a wind farm should be built on it? Surely this is just going to look like umm a mountain!?
Anyway the delay tactic will buy local councillors 3 more weeks. What a waste of time!
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