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01-Jul-06, 21:31
As agreed I am supplying you with the names and addresses of the councillors who will have a vote on the Asda Planning when it goes to Headquarters.
I will also try to explain how it works - the Caithness councillors who did not agree with the decision ie Cllr MacDonald and co had to ask for it to be reviewed at (what I would describe as) the 'parent body' to our local planning committee, that being the Planning, Development, Europe and Toursim Committee known as the PDET committee. All four local councillors who disagreed with the decision had to get (I think) another 4 councillors who were on the PDET committee to support this. This has been done and submitted so basically it will come to their committee in August.
This happens fairly frequently on bigger issues such as school closure/relocation, windmills, etc usually things where the community is split so it is not unusual.
There will be a fresh look at the whole application. If anyone would like to make their views know either for or against ASDA they can do it by contacting these people. They can send each one individal letters to their homes (in the run up to the meeting), or a letter to Director of Planning (ASAP) and ask that it be put in the papers for that meeting.
In a recent case regarding the location of Connon Primary we had two books (both as thick at a telephone directory) one was the objectors and one from the supporters. Even if councillors dont read them all it gives them an idication of the interest that topic has raised in the community. You can also email them if you want the email address is always their first name.last name. cllr@highland.gov.uk
if you want to write letters to them all the most cost efficient way is to write on to each of the councillors and then send them all in one envelope to Members Services, Glenurquart Road, Inverness. We all have a docket and it will be put in it. They are emptied each week and the contents sent to our home.
within each committee there is a chair and a vice chair who reside over the meeting just like Graeme is the chair of our local meetings.
Chairman Sandy Park
Vice Chair Francis Keith
Alistair MacDonald, Roger Saxon, John Green, Graeme Smith, Duncan Allan, Alan Torrance, Richard Durham, Roy MacIntyre, Ewen Mackinnon, Val MacIvor, Michael MacMillan, Billy Barclay, John Laing, William Fulton (no email) Jack Sheils, Jimmy MacDonald, Ron Lyon, Clive Goodman, Jimmy Gray, Norrie Macdonald, Liz MacDonald, Basil Dunlop, Bill Clarke, Olwyn MacDonald, Drew Mcfarlane Slack,
These councillors come from all over the highlands and represent all nine areas so there is a balance.
The Chairperson of the whole entire council is Alison Magee.
all emails are as stated but with all small letters.
At the meeting any councillor can speak so you may want to send them all to any of the Caithness Councillors. Although anyone can speak and put forward their concerns/support the only councillors with a vote is the ones mentioned above.
John Rennilson is the Director of PDET his address is Headquarters, Glenurquart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX.
I am writting this for anyone who wants to put there views forward it can be to support or not support asda.
I would encourage you (through experience) to make them short and to the point, no more than 3-4 paras.
I hope this information is useful for those who have asked who would be the relevent people to contact.
I will also try to explain how it works - the Caithness councillors who did not agree with the decision ie Cllr MacDonald and co had to ask for it to be reviewed at (what I would describe as) the 'parent body' to our local planning committee, that being the Planning, Development, Europe and Toursim Committee known as the PDET committee. All four local councillors who disagreed with the decision had to get (I think) another 4 councillors who were on the PDET committee to support this. This has been done and submitted so basically it will come to their committee in August.
This happens fairly frequently on bigger issues such as school closure/relocation, windmills, etc usually things where the community is split so it is not unusual.
There will be a fresh look at the whole application. If anyone would like to make their views know either for or against ASDA they can do it by contacting these people. They can send each one individal letters to their homes (in the run up to the meeting), or a letter to Director of Planning (ASAP) and ask that it be put in the papers for that meeting.
In a recent case regarding the location of Connon Primary we had two books (both as thick at a telephone directory) one was the objectors and one from the supporters. Even if councillors dont read them all it gives them an idication of the interest that topic has raised in the community. You can also email them if you want the email address is always their first name.last name. cllr@highland.gov.uk
if you want to write letters to them all the most cost efficient way is to write on to each of the councillors and then send them all in one envelope to Members Services, Glenurquart Road, Inverness. We all have a docket and it will be put in it. They are emptied each week and the contents sent to our home.
within each committee there is a chair and a vice chair who reside over the meeting just like Graeme is the chair of our local meetings.
Chairman Sandy Park
Vice Chair Francis Keith
Alistair MacDonald, Roger Saxon, John Green, Graeme Smith, Duncan Allan, Alan Torrance, Richard Durham, Roy MacIntyre, Ewen Mackinnon, Val MacIvor, Michael MacMillan, Billy Barclay, John Laing, William Fulton (no email) Jack Sheils, Jimmy MacDonald, Ron Lyon, Clive Goodman, Jimmy Gray, Norrie Macdonald, Liz MacDonald, Basil Dunlop, Bill Clarke, Olwyn MacDonald, Drew Mcfarlane Slack,
These councillors come from all over the highlands and represent all nine areas so there is a balance.
The Chairperson of the whole entire council is Alison Magee.
all emails are as stated but with all small letters.
At the meeting any councillor can speak so you may want to send them all to any of the Caithness Councillors. Although anyone can speak and put forward their concerns/support the only councillors with a vote is the ones mentioned above.
John Rennilson is the Director of PDET his address is Headquarters, Glenurquart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX.
I am writting this for anyone who wants to put there views forward it can be to support or not support asda.
I would encourage you (through experience) to make them short and to the point, no more than 3-4 paras.
I hope this information is useful for those who have asked who would be the relevent people to contact.