Sir,

THE discovery that the warehouses that have devastated the lives of Bynghams residents were allowed to be moved closer to homes by the former Labour Councillor Phil Waite,behind closed doors, without the consent of the planning committee is frankly disgraceful.

The fact he signed it off behind closed doors begs so many questions as to why he did not take it back to the planning committee?

Why did he do this himself?

Even more bizarre, was the response from the Labour Leader Chris Vince. He clearly didn’t understand the fact that this change was not voted on by the committee, but that Phil Waite signed it off under a delegated power. He also called for an investigation as to what happened. There has already been an investigation which is why we know that Phil Waite signed this off under delegated powers – that’s what happened Councillor Vince!

So I do have a number of questions for the Labour Leader Chris Vince and ex Councillor Phil Waite:

1. Will Phil Waite disclose publicly why he decided not to bring the decision back to the Committee?
2. Will Phil Waite explain why he agreed to move the warehouses closer to homes?
3. Will Phil Waite unreservedly apologise for his unilateral decision slashing the value of these homes?
4. Will Chris Vince apologise unreservedly for the unimaginable stress that the previous Labour administration have caused these residents?

The Conservatives are reviewing the whole planning system to ensure that never again can something like this be allowed to happen. Why did Labour never do that review? If they did Phil Waite would never have been allowed to make this change.

Kind regards,

Cllr Nick Churchill