Sainsbury's Local - new signs approved

[Joe K]

New sign application

Hard to believe, with the Conservation and Urban Design Officer advising against this, and myself agreeing with them, but the planning committee granted permission for this, and again, no invitation to a public meeting. Yet another application Gavin Jones and his mates didn't think the committee needed to be troubled with...

[Deleted]

But the Planning Committee didn't grant permission; it was a delegated decision, over which they have no control, unless they choose to have a fight with the officers. I get the feeling that members of the Planning Committee already think that their workload is too large, so I can't see them trying to increase it.

[Joe K]

Yes, I mispoke with the first sentence. I should have said 'the council'. It seems astounding to me that with council officers making recommendations against the applications, officers like Jones see fit to just rubberstamp it...