Do you think that the Council falsified their initial "letter"of the 9th Feb 2004

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(18-09-2009 11:17 AM)Guest Wrote:  come on, its charnwood borough council you are talking about. doesnt that explain everything ?

I would say all councils are as bad as each other. Im of the opinion that even if Charnwood Borough Council did falsify letters ( which seems pretty obvious from reading the full story ), it matters not because they gave the go ahead and approved the plans. Surely Charnwood Council has got to be held accountable for the way in which they dealt with this planning mess, and what a pigs ear the Council have made on this one.
Tony Johnson, Leicester.

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i think this is a cover up by the council. they realised that a mistake had been made and instead of openly admitting it and putting their mistake right, they waited until a local councillor uncovered the errors of their ways and then had no other option than to place a demolition order on the barn. its a nice looking barn, a huge council mistake and a massive waste of vernacular materials and money.

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When will the local authority ombudsman make their decision ? Rob

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(09-09-2009 10:31 PM)TimM Wrote:  I would suggest that it is certainly very convenient for them that a letter exists, and that could have easily been created long after the original date had passed. But whethe the letter is genuine or not, the addess was wrong and you were never informed of any problem, so as a genuine letter confirms - you had every right to proceed.

Amd your barn looks fantastic, good use of traditional materials and inkeeping with the charm and character of the village, much better than a steel and concrete eyesore that you could have built - the views will be improved by leaving the barn there as if it comes down, any building that replaces it is going to have to be built on a tighter budget adn therefore will look much much worse.

As such it is in the locals best interests to keep it there, better the classic building that is there now than an ugly one that will enevitably replace it.

NIMBYism gone mad, and they will regret it if it means swapping a slate barn for a steel one.

I THINK THERE ARE STAFF AT CHARNWOOD BOROUGH COUNCIL THAT ARE VERY RELIEVED FOLLOWING THE OUTCOME OF THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY AS IT WOULD SEEM THEY HAVE GOT AWAY WITH FAKING THESE LETTERS. HOW CAN ANYONE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LOCAL COUNCIL WHEN THEY PLAY THESE KIND OF DIRTY GAMES. HOPE YOU WIN YOUR BATTLE MR WHITE.

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(09-09-2009 01:07 PM)swithland Wrote:  After reading the complaint letter to Charnwood Borough Council do you think that the Council did send out a letter to the wrong address on the 9th February or do you think they said that they had sent the letter out to the wrong address simply to cover up the fact they had forgotten to deal with our barn application ?

ID WAGER 100 QUID THEY DID COVER UP AND FLASIFY THOSE DOCUMENTS.
BAZ

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I think this is corruption and maladministration
JB, Main Street, Swithland.

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(21-10-2009 02:03 PM)Guest Wrote:  

(08-10-2009 01:34 PM)Guest Wrote:  I dont think it matters if the letter was falsified or not. The authority gave consent for Mr White to build his barn. This is maladministration, plain and simple.

I agree. Although it appears to me to be plainly obvious that there has been some underhanded dealings by staff at Charnwood Borough Council I dont think this is the main issue. The thing that should be most worrying is that this local authority granted their approvals for this barn to be built not only on one occassion, but on two occassions. If they had any concerns about the designs that THEY HAD APPROVED then why didnt they stop the development before the foundations went in ? Instead it would appear that they watched the barn being built and then changed their minds once the building was nearly finished.

There is simply no logic to this at all. Is this local authority going to ge away with this ? It appears that there is one law for the people and one law fo the Council, or is it any law for the Council depending on how they feel ?

MBY

I have had some unpleasant dealings with the same Council. They are not honest people and it is no surprise that this has all happened. I notice there is no livestock on the land yet, when are the pigs moving in ?