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Enjoy reading, governments White paper to reform the planning system "will replace the entire corpus of plan-making law", so although elements remain, huge changes proposed
A lot of the press comments must have been written before this was published
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 gov.uk/government/new…
Some of the content is driven by problems in other areas i.e. no Local Plans in many areas (we are on our 2nd), Duty to Co-operate problems, again elsewhere
I am only half way through, lots of things I like, like emphasis on technology but not clear yet how other bits work
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But this is the start of a long process, 12 weeks of consultation, then legislation so realistically it will be years before it has an impact & MHCLG say they will issue more guidance, templates and examples over time
More later
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Part of the documents include an extra consultation with shorter timescales & quicker implementation then I suggest in my last tweet of 4 main changes
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27th April I asked for detail of COVID budget impact, still waiting for an answer
23rd June - similar request rejected
2nd July - submitted FOI asking for COVID costs, still waiting for an answer
27th July - submitted O&S question about COVID costs, still waiting for an answer
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So the Council is asking me to believe that net additional impact of COVID = £30 million
I will believe it when I see some evidence
I may be willing to believe that when you add in other non-COVID issues: savings not achieved, previous years budget overruns + COVID maybe £30m
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But avoiding answering my questions on 4 separate occasions over 4 months suggests there is something to hide?
I think government funding will cover most COVID costs, most direct income loss i.e. parking
Budget risk come from loss of business rates & Council tax over long term
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Petition to delay parking change due 1st September until after a proper debate & opportunity to ask questions
Please sign the attached petition on the Council website here
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgEPetitionDis…
It will ask you for address details to prove you are a resident, worker, student
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Recently on Council website appeared with no consultation changes to the parking rule, it was a surprise, had not been discussed anywhere & even now some details are unclear and there is no opportunity to ask questions in a public meeting before go-live
Petition asks for delay
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Petition does not necessarily mean a relaxation of parking rules but says need a proper debate on parking 1st
I still think we need to extend parking hours until later in the evening in return for more free tickets but also a review of parking permits issued based on
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Good article on Brick Lane & its future
Brick Lane was already changing for a variety of reasons pre-COVID as tastes changed as well as external factors like access to staff
COVID will accelerate change
This has been the tradition of the East End, take in a new generation of
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migrants, they form new businesses but the next generation want to do different things & start to move away
The same thing happened to the Jewish community here & before them the Huguenots
Part of the Chinese community in Limehouse moved to west end
This is natural & in part
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a good thing, the east end continues to fill its role of being a home to new migrants
As subsequent generations become settled & move up the education & income brackets they move away
A new generation of migrants replace them
Today those migrants come from all of the world
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