Councillors described as 'pompous' for calling government to withdraw future planning proposal
A heated debate took place during a council meeting about the governments proposal on future planning.A motion was put forward on Wednesday by the Labour group to publicly denounce the governments latest consultation on future planning.The government revealed plans to speed up the planning process by cutting out ‘unnecessary bureaucracy’ in the planning phase.The motion was met with strong opposition from the Conservative group with councillor Arnold Saunders calling the motion “pompous” and councillor Robin Garrido describing the motion as a “political football”.City Mayor Paul Dennett lead the call for a withdrawal of the consultation he described as “anti-democratic” and wanted the motion to call for three key factors in the future of