Once again the County Council has deliberately left out Framwellgate Moor, Pity Me, Brasside and Newton Hall from a local consultation event on their final County Plan proposals despite holding THIRTY NINE EVENTS in other parts of the County.
My email to officers, councillors and the press says it all:
Dear Officers
You have decided to hold 39 consultation events on the County Durham Plan, and for the third time in a row have failed to include an event in Framwellgate Moor or Newton Hall or Pity Me or Brasside, around which you plan to build 5000 new houses. Why?
Why must I once again have to demand a consultation event. We have a leisure centre, communal halls and two community centres where you can hold one of these events. You know this because I forced events at these locations after your previous failures.
It is very clear to me that this is a deliberate and blatant attempt to make sure that residents in this area have as little say as possible because you know full well that public feeling in this area is very strongly against building across half the greenbelt to the west of Durham City.
Please confirm that you will arrange an additional event in this area as we have done on previous occasions only after my request. Quite frankly I am disgusted and on behalf of local residents and myself take it as a personal insult that you have done this once again.
regards
Mark