INNOVA WAS TO BE DECIDED ON 28/9 AFTER SEVERAL FALSE DATES (WE HAD A WEEK TO TELL YOU THIS AFTER LBE SAID THEY WOULD DEFER IT TO THE 18/10 & WE HAD TOLD YOU NOT TO COME ON THE 28th - (SEE STORY 9/9)

WE POSTPONED OUR NEWSLETTER TWICE DUE TO THE APPALLING CONFUSION & COULD NOT GET IT OUT IN TIME!

WE HAD OBJECTED WEEKS AGO (MYSTERIOUSLY LOST BY LBE) & THEN WRITTEN TO PLANNING CLRS LAST MONDAY ABOUT THE EFFECTS ON OUR COMMUNITY THAT THESE HOMES (NO INFRASTRUCTURE) WILL BRING - CLRS HONES - GODDARD & ELAG WERE READY TO SPEAK & YOU WERE READY TO COME!

THEN FOLLOWING THIS ENDLESS CHANGE OF DATES SAGA ON THURSDAY MORNING WE WERE GIVE HALF A DAY TO TELL YOU NOT TO COME AS IT WAS BEING DEFERRED AFTER ALL AS THE DEVELOPER HAD REQUESTED A DEFERRAL TO GIVE THEM 'A BIT MORE TIME'!

APPARENTLY OFFICERS SUGGESTED THEY ASK FOR A DEFERRAL TO GIVE THEM A BETTER CHANCE OF SUCCESS AFTER MEMBERS APPEARED NOT TO BE IN FAVOUR OF THE APPLICATION - NOT ALLOWED AT ALL!

WE MAILED CLRS IMMEDIATELY & SAID IT SHOULD BE HEARD AS AGREED & IF THE DEVELOPER (WHO HAS HAD MONTHS) WAS NOT READY THEY SHOULD WITHDRAW THE PLANS & START AGAIN - THIS IS CORRECT PROCEDURE (BUT IT WAS DEFERRED)!

WE MAINTAIN THAT LBE MUST NOT APPEAR TO BE IN CAHOOTS WITH A DEVELOPER & WE WORRY THAT SOME CLRS MAY THINK A FEW LESS HOUSES (BUT STILL HUNDREDS) WILL BE OK - IT WILL NOT!

HOPEFULLY ELECTED MEMBERS WILL REMEMBER THIS WAS REFUSED OUTRIGHT BEFORE THE LAST LOCAL ELECTION & WE WILL ASK THEM TO UPHOLD THEIR ORIGINAL DECISION ON THE 18th OCTOBER WHEN THEY DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE LOCK

WE BELIEVE MEMBERS WILL RECOGNISE THEY ARE THERE TO REPRESENT RESIDENTS - WERE & WILL BE ELECTED (OR NOT) BY RESIDENTS TO SERVE THEIR BEST INTERESTS & NOT GREEDY DEVELOPERS & WE HOPE THEY WILL REPRESENT THE LOCK AS THEY DID WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY SAID 'NO' TO MORE LOCK HOUSING - WHICH WE APPLAUDED!

THANKS & SORRY IF YOU CAME (OR WERE TURNED AWAY) WE RANG AS MANY AS WE COULD - WE'LL HOPE TO SEE YOU ON OCTOBER 18TH WHEN ELAG & CLRS SPEAK - THANK YOU

INCIDENTALLY IT MEANS MORE TIME TO PETITION & LOBBY PLANNING - SO HAVE FUN

THANKFULLY IN LBE IT IS NOT DEVELOPERS WHO PAY THE PIPER!