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District Council meetings can’t take place unless at least one quarter of councillors on that committee turn up.<\/p>\n

So for tonight’s meeting of the Development Control Committee we need at least 10 councillors present.<\/p>\n

Normally there’s loads more of us that that , but:<\/em><\/p>\n

– the BBC are forecasting heavy snow for Rayleigh at 1800 hrs.
\n– for some councillors, it’s the third or fourth meeting of the week.
\n-the only items on the agenda are in one ward – Rochford.<\/p>\n

It should <\/em>be OK.
\n
\nUPDATE : 9:10 PM. It didn’t begin snowing until the meeting began, and there was a reasonable attendance – 24 councillors present. ( 5 out of 5 Lib Dems. 19 out of 33 Conservatives). And the application from Disability Essex was refused.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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