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Last Thursday night the District Council had a meeting of the Development Committee. There were numerous residents from Eastwood Road Rayleigh in the public gallery, concerned about a planning application near their homes.<\/p>\n

The application was for “Part Change of Use from Existing Car Show Room (Including Ancillary Retail Space) to A1 Use” , 239 – 241 Eastwood Road Rayleigh. It’s a follow-up to a previous application in January for the same change of use. The view of the council officers back then was that:<\/p>\n

  • it should be refused on grounds of inadequate parking<\/li>\n
  • it wasn’t a particularly significant application <\/li>\n

    Because it wasn’t regarded as a really significant application, only about 8 residents were consulted. Also, it went on the ‘weekly list’ to councillors, with the recommendation for refusal. Unless a councillor called it in for further discussion, it would be automatically refused.<\/p>\n

    And that’s what happened. It went on the weekly list, no councillor called it in, and so it was<\/em> refused for parking reasons.<\/p>\n

    End of story? No, because things have moved on a bit since then…. First of all, the applicants put in a revised application, with the parking amended so as to satisfy County Highways. Secondly, rumours have spread that the “A1 Use” will be a small Tesco open till 11pm,which has alarmed many residents.<\/p>\n

    So this time the planning application came to the full committee and we had a lengthy discussion. Councillor Simon Smith outlined the residents concerns. Chris Black pointed out supermarkets were tough opponents at appeal, after all an inspector didn’t think the Asda in Priory Chase would affect residential amenity, and that was a bigger site on a narrower, quieter road.<\/p>\n

    But the real let-down for the residents is that this debate didn’t take place on the first application in January. Because there were other reasons that councillors wanted to give for refusal, but were hampered because councils are meant to include all valid reasons for refusal on the first application.<\/em>. Introducing new reasons for refusal (when they could have been included first time round) weakens the councill’s case.
    \nFrom the residents viewpoint it’s a great pity that a councillor – probably one of the councillors for Central or Whitehouse Ward – didn’t call in the first application during January and added more reasons for refusal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    This shows how the weekly list system can set traps for councillors and the residents they represent . Perhaps it’s time to review how the system operates.<\/p>\n

    But anyway, the scheme was<\/em> refused by councillors (the only one in favour being Heather Glynn) and maybe the council can still win the appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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