19/03/2010

St Athan military College PFI planning permission was invalid


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Opponents of St Athan Defence Technical College claim planning permission was invalid

OPPONENTS of the £12bn Defence Technical College at St Athan have called for the planning permission for the development to be withdrawn.
The Cynefin Y Werin (Common Ground) group claim the planning permission granted by the Vale of Glamorgan Council last year was illegal and has now demanded an inquiry into the way the decision was made.
Anne Greagsby, of Cynefin Y Werin, said: “The decision for this major private finance initiative project privatising military training at St Athan was left to the Vale of Glamorgan Council and, in the rush to push this through, they did not follow procedure properly.”
She said a legal notice published by the council earlier this month meant the original planning permission granted last December was invalid.
The public notice said the council had granted planning permission “having taken into account the information contained in the Environmental Impact Assessment accompanying the application”.
The group claims that the four-month gap between planning permission being granted and the public notice invalidated the approval.
But the Vale council countered by saying the proper procedures were followed.
Rob Thomas, the council’s head of planning and transportation, said: “It is acknowledged that there has been a delay between the date of issue of decision and the advertising, but there is no specified time limit within the regulations for such advertising to be undertaken.”

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