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    speaks99 wrote:
    Mr Crabtree wrote:
    Sawday2 wrote:
    speaks99 wrote:
    I would be interested to see how anyone can describe this development as an issue of national importance. As such it should not be called in.
    Here Here!!!
    Who said it was ?

    S&P said it contravened national policies, which it does.

    Since when was 'speaks99' an authority on planning law ? Thought she was an accountant ?
    I wasn't discussing planning law. I was discussing the requirements for a planning decision to be called in, as quoted by correspondence from the office of Eric Pickles.

    "The secretary of state only calls in applications normally where issues of national importance arise"

    "The government is clear that localism and decentralisation are at the heart of their planning agenda and the general approach of the Secretary of State for communities and local government is not to interfere with the jurisdiction of authorities on planning matters."

    By the way - I'm a he!!
    How do you explain this :

    " I couldn't get past the first chapter of "The Road". Having just had my second child when I started to read it, that book turned me into a blubbering mess...

    Strange thing for a man to say ?"
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Call for Monks Cross stadium and shops inquiry

THE leader of York’s Green Party has written to the Government saying a public inquiry should be held over the Monks Cross community stadium and superstore scheme.

Proposals for new John Lewis and Marks & Spencer stores and a 6,000-seat home for York City FC and York City Knights were approved by City of York Council last month.

The council’s Green leader, Andy D'Agorne, has written to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, saying the scheme was at odds with planning policy; would harm the city centre, York’s road network and its “heritage assets”; and would scupper future investment in the heart of the city.

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