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