Hi all, One of the reasons the length of the main document has gone up to 332 pages is that they’ve started to add more detail on specific sites, one of which is MU1, of course. Here is a transcription of the relevant page for MU1: Site MU1 Land south of Barugh Green Road The […]

Hi all, Despite no personal communication from BMBC, despite no reference to the process in an issue of Open Mail arriving today, despite no mention on the BMBC “News” web page, no mention of the fact that the consultation has finally started.  So much for the value of the Statement of Community Involvement! STOP PRESS […]

Hi all, Further to Newsletter 54#, we have a correction to the timings of the publicity events.  The corrected information is as follows: Publicity event at Barugh Green WMC: Wednesday 20 July 2016, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Publicity event at the Better Barnsley Shop in the town centre: Saturday 23 July 2016, from […]

Hi all, As advised previously, the next stage of consultation, the Local Plan Publication Version (LPPV), starts on Friday 24 June 2016, running for six weeks, over the holiday period. We wrote to the Council, copy your MPs and Dodworth/Darton W Councillors, asking for an extension of at least two weeks to take into account […]

In the Barnsley Chronicle edition of 27 May 2016, there was an article about the recent report on the Publication Version of the Local Plan (LPPV) – copy attached. The comments of the Cabinet Spokesman (Place) are worth examination. We have commented before on the lack of transparency in the way that the council had […]

Hi all, At last, we have a start date for the next stage of the Local Plan consultation – the Local Plan Publication Version (LPPV). It’s due to start on 24 June 2016 and run for six weeks until 5 August 2016: https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/news/public-consultation-for-the-local-plan-to-start-injune/ As you’ll see from the news item on the BMBC website, there’s […]

Hi all, Still nothing on the BMBC News web page about the LPPV, but some background to their calculations here: https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/news/employment-and-skills-strategy-aims-to-bringmore-and-better-jobs-to-barnsley/ Have a read.

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