{"id":4889,"date":"2012-10-19T15:25:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2012-10-19T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T15:25:26","slug":"bunny-huggers-council-disbands-planning-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4889","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bunny-huggers\u2019 council disbands planning committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Cambridgeshire district council renowned in heritage circles for its attack on \u2018heritage bunny-huggers\u2019 has disbanded its entire planning committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It has also set aside decisions made in relation to two proposed supermarket developments following concern over judicial reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The move by Fenland District Council came after the local authority obtained advice from a specialist barrister on its legal position and possible financial liability.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the council&#8217;s planning committee had approved an application by a developer on behalf of Sainsbury&#8217;s for a supermarket in Whittlesey and rejected one put in on behalf of Tesco. However, at a meeting the following month, the Tesco application was approved.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, councillor Alan Melton, Fenland\u2019s leader, said: \u2018The recent decision to grant planning permission to two stores in Whittlesey has caused a public and media outcry. There is a perception that officers&#8217; advice has been completely ignored and the council has granted three unsustainable decisions. \u2018<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Melton explained that the legal advice held that the decisions reached were unsound and would not stand up to challenge in the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will be reconstituted but not until anyone expecting to serve on it has received training.<\/p>\n<p>The council said fresh reports on the applications would be prepared, with the reconstituted planning committee expected to meet in January 2013 to reconsider the proposals.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For the \u2018bunny-huggers\u2019 saga see search results at<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=bunny\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Search Planning Portal<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2012\/oct12\/181012\/181012_2\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Search Planning Resource<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningresource.co.uk\/news\/1154695\/fenland-council-committee-members-forced-stand-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cambridgeshire district council renowned in heritage circles for its attack on \u2018heritage bunny-huggers\u2019 has disbanded its entire planning committee. It has also set aside decisions made in relation to two proposed supermarket developments following concern over judicial reviews. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4889\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4890,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions\/4890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}