Amex hotel proposal will be decided at BHCC Planning Committee 17th February

[SIMMO SAYS]

FULL HOUSE BACK TO BINGO

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

How odd that he knows it is coming back, and if it does that it'll be approved.

Due to the possibility that most applications on large projects get rejected first time round, learn from the reasons it was rejected, tweek it here and there and bingo it slides through.

 

[The Albion Roar]

For
Cllr Theobald - C
Cllr Bennett - C
Cllr Wares - C
Cllr Inkpen - L
Cllr Hamilton - L

Against
Cllr Miller - C
Cllr Wealls - C
Cllr West - G
Cllr Morris - L
Cllr O'Quinn - L

Abstain
Cllr Barradell - L

Casting vote
Cllr Cattell - L

 

[The Oldman]

Cannot the applicants go to an appeal?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Due to the possibility that most applications on large projects get rejected first time round, learn from the reasons it was rejected, tweek it here and there and bingo it slides through.

Sadly there is no plan B.

 

[Hamilton]

How odd that he knows it is coming back, and if it does that it'll be approved.

I think he is saying that he's not prepared to fall for the 'there's no Plan B line' at the expense of over-ruling the officers. That's fair enough.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I think he is saying that he's not prepared to fall for the 'there's no Plan B line' at the expense of over-ruling the officers. That's fair enough.

So there is plan B, and Perry was fibbing ?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Cllr Pete West - Green

Cllr Maggie Barradell - Labour Party

Cllr Adrian Morris - Labour Party

Chair Cllr Julie Cattell - Labour

Who was the 5th (presumably a Tory) who voted against?

There were 5 for granting permission, at least 2 of which were Labour, 2 were Tory I think....

 

[Hamilton]

So there is plan B, and Perry was fibbing ?

Stranger things have happened.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Sadly there is no plan B.

I refuse to believe that Tony Bloom and Co have no plan B....

 

[Bold Seagull]

So there is plan B, and Perry was fibbing ?

Of course there is a Plan B. They've piled a huge wedge in fees to get this far, sounded like the design only needs a bit of a tweak to get it approved, and a bit of a compromise on the S106. They only need one more vote to get it over the line.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I refuse to believe that Tony Bloom and Co have no plan B....

Which is financially viable and practical you mean ?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I actually thought he gave very well reasoned arguments as to why it should be refused. He also said that he could see it being passed when it comes back.

More expenses then

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Which is financially viable and practical you mean ?

hell yeah

 

[Bold Seagull]

Conservatives for, Labour against. If the design was anything but bland, the building would stand out like a sore thumb next to the stadium. It's design goes some way to hiding it. Obviously the people that voted for the refusal were not involved in voting for the Bedford Hotel, Kingswest the new Marina blocks, some of both University buildings and accommodation blocks the list of the crap from the various planing committees goes on and on.

I think as many Labour voted for it as against it. 5 votes for, at least 2 were Labour, possibly 3, along with Cllr Theobald and another. Didn't go down party lines at all, although some people seem to want to present it as such.

 

[ROSM]

It's not going to take a huge amount of effort now to get this through at a second attempt. One abstention basically is the margin they have to shift. A chair on casting vote is highly unlikely to go against an officer recommendation.

So a bit of swallowed pride and some well timed humility on both sides and it will get through with just a few sensible tweaks/considerations

 

[Hampster Gull]

The chair said the council had been labelled 'feisty', more like amateur. Whatever you think about the decision, it did seem that there were a number of councillors who had either no idea what was going on, or are just incompetent on a permanent basis.

This. Amateur is the word

 

[ROSM]

I think as many Labour voted for it as against it. 5 votes for, at least 2 were Labour, possibly 3, along with Cllr Theobald and another. Didn't go down party lines at all, although some people seem to want to present it as such.

Planning committees are quasi legal bodies and must not be subject to a party whip. We have seen in albion matters (withdean for example) all of one party voting against (the tories) but they were strenuous in their statements that they werent 'whipped'

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

To be honest I thought the design was a bit meh.

However, why we ever let these numbskull's talk absolute bollocks about things they haven't a clue about is beyond me.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I think as many Labour voted for it as against it. 5 votes for, at least 2 were Labour, possibly 3, along with Cllr Theobald and another. Didn't go down party lines at all, although some people seem to want to present it as such.

They are all self serving prats Mr Bold