There has been some discussion on social media this weekend about an email sent by Cllr. Ross McWilliams to you [Head of Planning] , concerning 21/02866/FULL. Logically, this must have been before the committee meeting on the 17th of November. It is claimed that in this correspondence Cllr. McWIlliams stated that both he and the Leader of the Council were “very keen that the application should be approved”. It is further claimed that you [Head of Planning] brought this email to the attention of the Monitoring Officer.
Should it not also have been published on the portal? I was under the impression that all comments received in support of an application had to be entered into the open public record? It’s not on there. Please rectify this oversight.