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There was a surprise twist tonight at the Development Committee of the District Council.<\/a><\/p>\n

There were only two items to consider.<\/p>\n

The first was for a house in Trenders Avenue, Rawreth. This was refused on Green Belt grounds – despite being supported by Ron Oatham. Ron felt that as this was previously a reclamation yard, and 4 houses had already been allowed here, a fifth would finish the site nicely. However only 6 councillors voted in favour of approval.<\/p>\n

The second was off London Road in Rayleigh. It was to demolish the existing Elizabeth Fitzroy home for handicapped adults, and build a bew care home with 43 houses. Some of these would be in the Green Belt, and could count towards the 550 proposed for “North of London Road”.<\/p>\n

Officers were recommending refusal , on various grounds – including Grreen Belt reasons, design, and no affordable housing included. <\/p>\n

However one of the ward councillors – Conservative Toby Mountain – asked for a decision to be deferred. He pointed out that the existing care home needed replacing, and that perhaps a deferral would allow the applicant to get together with council officers to thrash out a viable scheme.<\/p>\n

Although Cllr Mountain is a new councillor, and hasn’t spoken very often in the council chamber yet, other councillors across the chamber felt he spoke well.<\/p>\n

However , Cllr Mountain didn’t actually say the phrase “I move deferral”.<\/em> You might expect one of the more senior councillors sitting near him to prompt him to say those words, but nobody seemed to have spotted it.<\/p>\n

Until another Conservative councillor, Colin Seagers, said that Cllr Mountain hadn’t properly moved a deferral – so he moved refusal instead.<\/p>\n

When it came to a vote, it was tied 12-12. The committee chairman, Phil Capon, had the casting vote , and voted for refusal. <\/p>\n

So the scheme was refused. Though some councillors clearly felt that Cllr Mountain had been treated a bit harshly….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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