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IWC Planning Committee Parkhurst Wind Turbine application 16-12-14

This is a video of the part of the Planning Committee meeting that heard the application for two wind turbines in Parkhurst Forest.

Video of Shalfleet Parish Council Meeting 3rd December 2014

EDIT:  Please note:  The hubub at the beginning of the recording was as a result of the Chairman asking those who wished to object to the planning application for Warlands Lane, Shalfleet, to select just one person to represent them to the Parish Council while the Parish Council meeting continued.  I have had a comment that it is hard to hear.  The public also found it impossible to hear and a number of complaints were made.  The noise goes a short way in, slide the tape maker along on the You Tube player.

The video of the Shalfleet Parish Council Meeting 3rd December 2014 is now embedded below.  Please tell folk that it is now available.  Sorry for the delay; there were technical problems I hadn't forseen...although the camera is not that old the format is not compatible with Windows Live Movie Maker so I had to find an inexpensive editor.  Plus, it is a long film and takes time.  Next time it should be quicker and easier.

One resident asked for their talk not to be recorded so you will see a decision by the SPC seemingly without any discussion.  Any of those present will fill you in on the details or you can wait for the minutes.

Shalfleet Parish Housing needs Survey has *NOT* been adopted by IW Council

Contrary to statements made by Shalfleet Parish Council that the Parish 'Housing Needs Survey' and the 'Community Plan' had been carried out in accordance with the IW Council's input and had been adopted by the IW Council, a letter from Mr Bill Murphy (Head of Planning and Regulatory Services, IW Council) dated 1st December 2014 (embedded here) states that this is not actually true and that the plan has NOT been adopted by IW Council nor had any input been given by the IWC.  This revelation comes after months of written and oral questions by the Unofficial Shalfleet Parish Blog to the Shalfleet Parish Council with the Parish Council maintaining that the questions in the survey had been laid down by the County Council and that the processing of the data had been carried out in accordance with input from the County Council.

Essentially, therefore, the Shalfleet Parish Community Plan and the Housing Needs Survey appear to be unapproved, unadopted and amateur documents produced by people with no relevant academic qualifications or practical experience of such matters.

Consequently, developers and applicants for Planning Approval have been submitting planning applications citing 'Housing Need' and the 'Community Plan' based on specious documents.  Any Planning Application presently under consideration that has based its case on either of these documents is now open to challenge.

Housing Needs Shalfleet Dec 2014.pdf by david5174