Suzanne Fletcher's Blog

A day of rushing and frustration, which I could well have done without as I was not going in to do my voluntary work given my bad head.  Some people were splendid, including the Principal of the 6^th Form College where there is the big planning application the Council did not tell us as ward councillors about.  Also some Council officers were really helpful in giving us good information very quickly.  However having rushed to get a leaflet written, laid out and printed off to get out to residents today, in time for viewing and explanation of the plans on Thursday and Friday (deadline for comments is Monday 1^st September) ........

I had just finished sorting them and about to dash out to get them to people to deliver when the phone rang.  There had a been a mistake with the site notice for the planning application, it would be put up tomorrow, so the date for consultation to end is now September 18^th.    One ...... two ......... three .......  I didn't actually say that, I said other words not to be printed in a public blog.

On the subject of planning, I find that the poster stakes put up around the area by our Conservative would be MP do not have planning permission.  Tut, tut.  Bad omen.  He thought it would remind people politicians work all year round.  I could have done without the dash to get out a leaflet covering 3 crucial local issues today, to say nothing of all the talking, e-mailing and meeting of people.  But then Liberal Democrats do believe in working all the year round, not just at election time, and don't break the law in doing so - even if it does give them a bad head !