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associations for rental by transient, out-of-area tenants or sold under the discredited “help to
buy” scheme (Attachment 20).

Suppporting reports TRIC and aaa

60 SITE 13
Expert reports
You, as lead officer in this case, should have no doubt how the error occurred. While it may
be true that you were not involved in the examination, MSDC was intimately involved in the
AWNP and approved it. The miscalculation is glaringly obvious on the face of the
Sustainability Appraisal for Site 13 of 0.8 hectares:

You should note that the Brownfield Land Register for the WH sites of 1.6 hectares proposes
50 dwellings http://online.flipbuilder.com/Cobasco/maee/. (Attachment 9)

You cannot have it both ways; the capacity cannot be “50+” units on 0.8 hectares and be at
the same scale as Ashbourne Park. The developable area is not 1.6 hectares unless it includes
both the WH:EDF and WH:LIC sites.

Delayed disclosures are potentially critical because of the 42-day limit imposed for Judicial
Reviews and are a breach of process.

Lytle Associates complimented you on your “proactive” approach to the application and
minuted that Mr Dorman, the Urban Design Officer, encouraged “informal” contact with the
developer’s representatives to find a solution that planning officers could support. I can only
guess what these words mean, but they are at variance with the assurances you gave to Mr
Tillin of Trappist like independence.
The agreed minutes of the 15 October 2018 meeting stated:
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“Darren Page (of Lytle Associates) said that he thought the parties were close to
agreeing a scheme but confirmed that if the Council allowed the substitution of
drawings the applicant would need to be satisfied that there was a prospect of officer
support on a revised package of proposals. He added that if this was not the case the
current application would probably have to be appealed. Peter Owen stated that it
was his preference for a scheme to now be agreed at a local level rather than go to an
appeal (para 1.21)”

Your email to Mr Tillin of Ashbourne Park Owners’ Association (APOA) on 20 November
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2018 states:
“The position with the application is that in my judgement the originally submitted
scheme is not something that officers could support. It is for the applicants to seek to
address the concerns that we have with the scheme. If the applicants decide to amend
their proposals, then any new plans would be publicised to interested parties and the
Parish Council (sic= Village Council) could comment on them”. Page31

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