A TOWN councillor has been told to refrain from making these kind of comments in a heated debate about the council s role in planning permission. Chair of Ledbury s economic development and planning committee Coun John Bannister slammed fellow member Coun Dee Linda Knight as she raised a question from members of the public. But she was told by Coun Bannister during the Zoom meeting that she must stop making comments about the council, despite her point of view that it was a genuine question from the member of the public. Coun Knight asked that if an area of land was designated in the neighbourhood development plan for housing, but the majority of the public objected to planning permission, whether the council would back it regardless.
In response Coun Knight said members of the public had noticed they had not been sent a leaflet asking them for their point of view on the plans to demolish former auction rooms in Ledbury and build 31 flats on the site, similar to what the council had done in the past. Eades Properties Ltd had submitted plans to Herefordshire Council to redevelop land at the former auction site in Market Street. The applicant asked Herefordshire Council if it could build a 27039 sq ft block of one-bedroom apartments and include 10 affordable houses. As Coun Knight began to talk about concerns that when the plans are what certain councillors want , the public does not feel they have been consulted, she was interrupted by Coun Bannister, who she later criticised for a lack of respect.
A digital image of how The Eades Properties Ltd plans for land at H J Pugh Auctioneers, Market Street, Ledbury would look. THERE are plans to demolish former auction rooms in Ledbury and build 31 flats on the site. The Eades Properties Ltd has submitted plans to Herefordshire Council to redevelop land at H J Pugh Auctioneers in Market Street, Ledbury. The proposals are for a new 27039 sq ft block of one-bedroom apartments and includes 10 affordable houses. Each flat would have a small area of its own outside space or balcony and would also have access to a shared south facing garden.