email from Simon Noble. See "Significance of mass protest" in final comment? Freekin protest would be surprising - shake off your chains!
Good news again. Kevin Richards, the case planning officer has released his draft report (40 pages long) and can be found as a pdf here.
http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/swiftlg/MediaTemp/68365-1.02.18.pdf
He recommends refusal on practically every issue. That?s good news for the Lake District as a whole.
It makes excellent reading and confirms what I have thought all along; the planning officers are a professional bunch who have applied the policies of the NP correctly. I never had doubts that they would recommend refusal. It is the voting committee (Development Control Committee and separate from the planning officers) that was the big unknown.
Our petition and all the letters of objection have all had an effect on the decision to refuse. What?s more impressive is that I am sure many of you, like myself, had maybe never engaged in such letter writing before. As a group, our voice has been very noticeable ?. Let?s not forget the significance of mass protest.
Simon