he District Council Planning Committee couldn’t agree on what to do with two applications for building flats and houses at Flacks Nursery (154 Eastwood Road).<\/p>\n
This was at September’s planning meeting.It was the first meeting to be chaired by Rochford Councillor Keith Gordon, and boy, he won’t forget it in a hurry! The applications were for a total of 17 flats, 4 cottages and 7 houses. (The existing “White House” would be kept). <\/p>\n
The local Conservative councillors moved for the schemes to be refused. It was clear that they had some support , but other councillors felt that their grounds for refusal were a little shaky. How would the vote go? Twelve councillors voted in support of the motion for refusal – and twelve voted against! So the chairman used his casting vote – and voted against refusal, so the motion for refusal failed 13-12.<\/p>\n
The chairman then moved that the scheme be approved. Only 10 councillors raised their hands to support the motion for approval – and 12 voted against the motion, so it was lost by 12 votes to 10.<\/p>\n
Why did two councillors who voted against refusal not raise their hands to support approval? It’s not clear. But in any case, the council was deadlocked , and agreed to defer any decisions until the next planning meeting.<\/p>\n
You can find the applications on the council website . Their reference numbers are 05\/00522\/FUL and 05\/00514\/FUL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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