Labour Group Leader and planning committee member Cllr. Clive Hart has called for an investigation and/or review of the way TDC monitors its planning applications and building controls
At Wednesday evenings Planning Committee meeting Cllr. Hart explained:
"I have been a member of the TDC Planning Committee for over six years now, and during the first five years I cannot remember having to discuss issues like buildings or parts of buildings being built without planning permission, or in the wrong place or built completely differently to the plans that were approved. Indeed, if there were one or two cases in that time they must have been so minor as to be almost insignificant.
However, over the past year or so we now appear to discuss such matters and virtually every meeting and I think it is time that TDC investigated or reviewed their procedures".
Following a brief comment by another planning member Cllr. Hart said "we simply cannot let the current situation continue. We should investigate matters and where breaches are the responsibility of TDC, make appropriate adjustments to procedures. Where the responsibility is shown to lie with other authorities we should make the strongest possible representations to them from this committee".
The planning chairman said that Cllr. Hart's request had been noted.
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office, 44 Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 3DP.
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