Devon County Council's planning officers have had more than six years to get things right.
The report recommending approval of Aggregate Industries' scheme to quarry Straitgate Farm starts:
1.1 The application is for the development of a new sand and gravel quarry... at Stairgate Farm.
The officer’s report contains a multitude of material errors, inconsistencies and misleading statements, and a list has now been sent to Devon County Council to circulate to the Planning Committee before tomorrow’s decision.
More importantly, a Pre-Action Protocol Letter for Judicial Review has also been sent to the Council.
In response, the Council has now issued three pages of hastily revised conditions.
The Development Management Committee meeting to decide Straitgate's fate will be held tomorrow, 1 December at 2.15pm.
The meeting will be livestreamed – the link can be found here.
