Readers of the Suffolk Free Press will have noticed the comment in Thursday's edition about the unresolved planning application on the site owned by Prolog in Church Field Road, Chilton.
There was to have been a special Development Committee meeting to reconsider the application, or, more accurately, the section 106 agreement that accompanies it, on Monday of last week. This however was cancelled due to the fact that common ground still cannot be reached between the developers and planning officers at Babergh.
My feeling is that Prolog and its agents would have done well to spend more time in recent months consulting the local community about their application.
The Localism Bill recognises that where development may be
controversial, engagement with the community at an early stage is likely to
improve the outcome and speed up the process
I know that members of our community do not want to stand in the way of
valuable employment opportunities, especially in the current economic climate. I am sure
that were the company to engage with the people of Chilton, particularly those
living close to the site, a less damaging scheme could be developed that
would cause less harm to the built and natural environment and would fulfil
Prolog’s requirements.
At present however it seems that such suggestions continue to fall on deaf ears.
For those interested in the complicated background to this issue I have added additional information on the Prolog tab above.
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