Last month we posted that AI’s application will now stagger into its 5th year – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019..., how:
... there’s little evidence that anything has progressed during this latest extension period. According to Cllr John Hart, in his letter to MP Sir Hugo Swire of 21 September 2018, DCC is still awaiting information on hydrogeology, flooding, working practices, ecology and a range of transport matters, including "the cattle crossing issue." Readers may remember that we first posted about Bovine movements in April 2017, having previously raised the problem in our response of 30 March 2017. This link gives the story to date. We warned of More delays to come, but AI has already had a staggering 18 months to resolve this matter. How much more time will it need?
Indeed. How much more time will it need? Another month? Another year? Another 5 years? Who knows how many more extensions Aggregate Industries will need to get its act together? In the meantime, the 6th extension to the determination date for the current application has been agreed between AI and DCC – this time to 31st March 2019.
Readers will remember that AI's previous application for Straitgate Farm was lodged in 2015. That was dogged by delays too, before being withdrawn. Exactly how many years are DCC going to entertain all this? At what point is someone going to say 'enough is enough'?
