I had been trying to reach one of the county’s planning officers by telephone, hoping talk would be better than emails, until getting no answer I finally sent an email to this person. The automatic response they sent was that they were unavailable because they were writing a report. I believe, and hope, that this will be the report of their life, because it seems likely that this officer is caught between a hugely powerful company on the one hand, and a planning system that may be more at home deciding if you can build an extension than with making decisions about a complex project that may – should - or very well may not – offer solutions that are urgently needed for the sake of the ecological viability and biodiversity of the Wye Valley, a huge and crucial part of the UK as well the farming community. So actually everyone. No pressure.
Avara/Cargill have a cunning plan...
Avara/Cargill have a cunning plan...
Avara/Cargill have a cunning plan...
I had been trying to reach one of the county’s planning officers by telephone, hoping talk would be better than emails, until getting no answer I finally sent an email to this person. The automatic response they sent was that they were unavailable because they were writing a report. I believe, and hope, that this will be the report of their life, because it seems likely that this officer is caught between a hugely powerful company on the one hand, and a planning system that may be more at home deciding if you can build an extension than with making decisions about a complex project that may – should - or very well may not – offer solutions that are urgently needed for the sake of the ecological viability and biodiversity of the Wye Valley, a huge and crucial part of the UK as well the farming community. So actually everyone. No pressure.