In early 2016, Labour run Ealing Council did vote through proposals to limit what could go to the Planning Committee to decide. Councillors ability to bring up planning cases to the committee were limited, and needed to be supported by the Chair of the Planning Committee. More powers were delegated to Ealing Council officials to decide on "smaller" cases, as Alan Fairchild pointed out.
Generally, the Labour Councillors that sit on the Planning Committee seem to act as if they were told how to vote. They do not seem to act as if they were advised to vote, but can come up with their own individual decision. They seem to be lackeys of the Council Leader and also to Idi Amin's illegitimate shortarse son. Idi Amin's illegitimate shortarse son used to be Chair of the Planning Committee from 2018 to 2021. At present, he sits in the Ealing Cabinet with responsibility for "good growth and new homes", i.e. planning.
The Labour dominated Planning Committee just seem intent on meeting targets for superficial targets sake. The present council just seem to build death trap towers/rabbit hutched council tax farms just to feed money to the disingenuous virtue signalling top dog council nomenklatura. All this, so that they can endear themselves to developers at the expense of the people. |