Consultation ends in farce
Fleet News and Mail has carried the story of the Hart Local Plan consultation omnishambles in its 20 January 2016 edition. The full article can be found on this large image here. Now also online.
They cover our call for significant change in the Local Plan project, including replacing the Local Plan Steering Group who have presided over this sorry mess. We cannot continue to have a situation where with each year that goes by, the project slips by another year. They also cover our call for a proper brownfield solution to be included as one of the options.
Dermot Smith of Hook Action Against Over Development also criticises the council for wasting our time and money. Although he wrongly accuses We Heart Hart of having a vested interest in undermining the process.
To be clear, we want the process to be solid, we want a good Local Plan and quickly. We first highlighted the project management and governance issues last April and called for change. However, Hart Council ignored us, and all Hart residents are now paying the price.
Hart Consultation ends in farce.
Very disappointing is putting it mildly.
The clipping on the site is 4M so it’s slow to download. I have jpegged this one down to 1M. I hope this helps.
The last paragraph is disappointing – the cost is not known. As an M.D. I don’t commission any work at all without first getting quotes, budgeting to ensure that funds have been allocated and are in the bank to cover the liability. If I couldn’t account to my board of directors and investors or prepare a regular monthly report I wouldn’t expect to stay in the job. As well as carrying the professional responsibility I feel obliged to do that because people have put their trust in the company by parting with their precious cash. It’s more serious than that with public funds because under the legislation the council tax payers have no obligation but to pay. It isn’t a game. Cash is king. Handling other people’s money is a serious responsibility as is accounting for it before it is even spent. This is very disappointing.
The clipping on the site is 4M so it’s slow to download. I have jpegged this one down to 1M. I hope this helps.
The last paragraph is disappointing – the cost is not known. As an M.D. I don’t commission any work at all without first getting quotes, budgeting to ensure that funds have been allocated and are in the bank to cover the liability. If I couldn’t account to my board of directors and investors or prepare a regular monthly report I wouldn’t expect to stay in the job. As well as carrying the professional responsibility I feel obliged to do that because people have put their trust in the company by parting with their precious cash. It’s more serious than that with public funds because under the legislation the council tax payers have no obligation but to pay. It isn’t a game. Cash is king. Handling other people’s money is a serious responsibility as is accounting for it before it is even spent. This is very disappointing.