How much Section 106 money and what for and who decides?
I asked this question of EDDC under the Freedom of Information Act. I got the following reply:
"Your request is refused because the information does not yet exist.
Though the planning application has been submitted the application has not reached a stage where any information can be given on Section 106 agreements. The issue of what will be covered under such agreement will be the subject of the committee report and will therefore become public information once the report is presented to the Development Control Committee."
Well, it's good news that the information will one day become public.
But bad news when you think that EDDC officers are only a couple of months away from presenting a report to the Development Control Committee yet they still have no idea what OUR Section 106 money will be spent on and how much on each of their favoured projects (NONE OF THEM HAVING BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION).
Isn't there supposed to be public consultation before these sorts of things are decided? Have a look at the entry below - of course there is. We await it with bated breath!
Where is the public consultation, EDDC?
posted by Fighting for East Devon's future @ 1:10 pm
2 Comments:
Couldn't agree more I've never observed the process of "Planning"? in such detail until now and I'm amazed at the Cloak and Dagger shenanigans it seems to entail. Meetings between "some" of the Stakeholders behind closed doors, no proper consultation let alone debate with the most important stakeholders, the Seaton and surrounding Community.The Gulf War details were less well protected than this supposedly "Open" process. Is the EDDC the exception or are all Councils run in this manner by power crazed beaureucrats.
I have noticed two things since this all started:
1. In ALL organisations there is an "Us" and a "Them" - in EDDC, US is EDDC officers and THEM is its own councillors and the public.
2. It seems to me that as long as a council (a) ticks enough boxes and (b) stays in the black they can largely do what they like - unless they have eagle eyes on them, of course!
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