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Saturday column: Why not increase the numbers deciding on planning applications?

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Aug 02, 2025
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WHEN a planning application - for a new-build house adjacent to Greenside Parish Church on Blenheim Place - was approved in April, what was particularly striking about the decision wasn’t just the overturning of a recommendation - by the chief planning officer - to refuse, it was just how few councillors were present to vote.

In the end, the four (attend…

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