DBK
LIFE MEMBER
Thanks for that, the murky world of local politics. Assuming they had valid grounds for refusing the applications for campsites I don't see what problem they would have with a very slight change of use of existing car parks but I guess unless there is someone on the council championing the cause of MH owners then they will always take the route of least risk and least resistance and of course out of area MH owners don't vote in their council elections!.Scarborough council decided that as they had refused planning for campsites previously they would be seen as allowing their car parks permission that other people had been refused in the past.
This is complete BULL but suits them to appease the local site and hotel owners (I'm not saying that because one Councillor has interests in a local site it would sway the decision!). Planning policy changes on a regular basis. What would it be like if we still had to drive cars down bridle paths because roads were against planning practice. I'm sure Flyde council has refused unsuitable planning for sites, but it saw sense and sorted planning and the problem was solved.