£2.1 million of Public money has been poured into R&D costs of Developers which they do not pay for.
You did !!
Surely the Coalition Government should have found some sort of mechanism for this public money to be recouped from the profits made by each developer?
Rochford District Council has spent £2.1m plus over the past 7 years to April 2013 on the Core Strategy.
Within that £350,000 to Consultants.
£1 million came from Council Tax and £1.1 million from Government Grants making £2.1 million overall.
All money paid by you in Taxes.
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secretary of state Emma Thomas (emma.thomas [at] nqe [dot] com) wrote a great double page spread in the Echo entitled “United Against Homes Proposal” which reported on the representations that were made by many residents’ groups across Rochford District to a Government Planning Inspector.
As an objector myself (district councillor John Mason) I came away feeling so proud that there were so many people in our community who were prepared to enter a public inquiry to make their views so well known.
But I have pondered on the question of was that enough for common sense to prevail?
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