I had a conversation with the comms manager at CDC yesterday. Despite my warnings, he seems completely oblivious to what’s going on and the level of scrutiny they’ll be under. He initially waved it away because (for good reasons) councils don’t tend to talk publicly about planning applications while they’re ongoing. I did point out to him that they’re going to need to make sure everyone understands the timescales of these things, and how the process works, and what kinds of things can cause delays, because if they just shut up shop and say “It will be going to Planning Committee in due course” and then it takes months they’re gonna get rinsed, whether that’s fair or not.
The county council also warned him about a certain campaign group and their behaviours, which were apparently… erm… challenging.
