: “Leckhampton homes plan – Councillors want 50 million pounds.”
On March 27 2012 the Government announced a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was now in force, replacing all the previous planning policy guidance and statements. The draft version of this NPPF had been published for consultation last July and had been heavily criticised by many, including LEGLAG, for being in effect a “Developers' Charter”. It included the infamous phrase “The Default Answer to any Planning Application is “Yes”.
There has so far been no official report about the response to the JCS consultation that ended in February. We expect something will appear soon.
Borough Council elections were held in Cheltenham on Thursday May 3rd, 2012.
LEGLAG is strictly non-political but we are sorry to note that Robin MacDonald, who was LEGLAG's treasurer and a committee member for many years, has stepped down as Councillor for Leckhampton. We thank him for all he has done for us.
In his place Andrew Chard has been elected as the new Borough Councillor for Leckhampton. We congratulate him on his victory and are very pleased that he is already a member of LEGLAG. He has already said that as a Councillor he will work to help us, and will be discussing how he can do this with us shortly.
The other Borough Councillor from Leckhampton is Ian Bickerton, who is also on the LEGLAG Committee. He was not up for re-election this year.
We also congratulate Elizabeth Pimley, who is another hard-working member of our Committee, on her excellent performance in the election, losing to Andrew by less than 100 votes.
All Cheltenham Borough Councillors will have much to think about in the coming years, as the Joint Core Strategy Process continues its slow and careful progress, needing approval from all three Councils (Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Tewkesbury) at each stage. There will also be an important decision to be made about the expected Planning Application from the consortium of developers!
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – WED 28 MARCH 2012 AT 7.45 PM
The latest Newsletter No. 9 (January 2012) from the Joint Core Strategy (JCS) team is available to download.
The November 2011 Newsletter 8.Download a copy here
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