So, the housing figures ARE to be published because our Planning Inspector says they are NOT politically sensitive:
In yesterday’s Express and Echo Leader of EDDC Paul Diviani is quoted as saying: “Mr Thickett [the Planning Inspector in charge of our Local Plan – the man who threw the last version out] did not specifically instruct the council to publish the figures before the election but, in response to a suggestion that the matter might end up being delayed by the elections, he said he expected the council to get on with it at the earliest opportunity.”
Just a few words were missing there. What Mr Thickett said was: “I will need to see evidence of any proposed changes [to the Local Plan, which includes the new housing figures] as soon as they have been agreed AND BY MID APRIL AT THE LATEST. Yours, etc …
Now, that sounds very much like an instruction to us!
East Devon Watch 