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Stop the current Local Development Plan (Regulation 19) consultation and restart it only AFTER advising residents that they are invited to comment on any aspect of the plan

We the undersigned petition the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead to stop the current Local Development Plan (Regulation 19) consultation and restart it only AFTER advising residents that they are invited to comment on any aspect of the plan.

The RBWM Head of Planning sent a letter dated 27 June 2017, Andrew Cormie, limiting comments on the Reg 19 Consultation.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has responded on 17th July 2017 to a request by Andrew Cormie, advising that there is no limitation at the second stage - (so-called Reg 19) as to what topics of the plan residents may comment upon. He points out that the Reg 19 stage is the first opportunity that anyone would have to request involvement in the hearing sessions for the Local Plan.
I have asked Head of Planning to stop the consultation, restarting after giving proper advice, and received no response. In order to stop it I therefore call, through this petition, for the matter to be discussed at an RBWM Planning and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Panel meeting, at which the Head of Planning must be questioned. Under the RBWM Constitution Rule C10.37, I wish that the Lead Member for Planning will also be questioned at the meeting.
I urge all residents to sign this petition.

Started by: Andrew Cormie

This ePetition ran from 18/07/2017 to 06/08/2017 and has now finished.

428 people signed this ePetition.

Council response

Petition update from the council, 09 August 2017 Please note the petition is listed on the agenda for the meeting of the Planning and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Panel to be held on Tuesday 15 August 2017 at 7pm in the Town Hall, Maidenhead.