“I’m still very disappointed that it will be going ahead.” Local ward member, Cllr Stuart Ashley, said he had “nothing against the actual development”, but it was the road it was on that caused residents’ concerns.
The proposed Stagecoach depot He said: “Local people didn’t approve of it in any shape or form.” The committee chair, Cllr Norma Parrish, said she felt “strongly” over the traffic issues, but acknowledged “the inspector’s report which makes it obvious that in the inspector’s opinion the committee behaved unreasonably”. Cllr Gwyn Jenkins said: “It amazes me that we as a planning committee have made a decision on local knowledge yet you can get somebody stuck in an office somewhere who can come overrule everything about us.”