Fiona
Bruce MP secures recovery of decision on 119 houses in Goostrey by Secretary of
State
After
a long campaign, including speaking several times about this in the House of
Commons, Fiona Bruce MP has obtained the agreement of the Secretary of State
for the Department for Communities and Local Government to recover a planning
application for 119 houses at Main Road, Goostrey. This means that the
Secretary of State will personally look into this application.
Fiona Bruce MP said “I
am very pleased that Secretary of State has listened to the concerns which I
and others, have raised for many months now that this planning application is
completely inappropriate for Goostrey, not least because of the
disproportionate pressure it would place on local services but also because
serious concerns about the impact on the world leading scientific work at
Jodrell Bank. Whilst we do not know what the outcome of the Secretary of State’s
decision will be, I am hopeful that he will see the many problems that such a
development will cause.”
ENDS
NOTE TO EDITOR
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A “recovered inquiry” is basically a planning
appeal (against a local authority’s decision) which the Secretary of State can
decide to determine himself, rather than allowing a planning inspector to take
the final decision, as is the normal process. The law stems from section 79 of
the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
