Dear Sir/Madam,
I am objecting to the Central Retail Park planning permission on the basis of the following two reasons: incompatability with the council's policy "Climate Emergency" (Wednesday 10th July 2019, Item 5), and that the modelling provided in the application is based on faulty assumptions.
At the council meeting of Wednesday 10th July 2019, the council passed a "Climate Emergency" motion which includes the following resolutions:
"Become carbon neutral by the earliest possible date" "Make climate breakdown and the environment, an integral part of activity throughout the Council, including all decision making, ensuring key decisions take into account the impact on achieving the zero-carbon target and including an environmental impact assessment in all relevant committee reports"
The application does not demonstrate the second action, as the modelling undertaken only takes into account transport impact, not environmental impact. Before the application should be considered further, an environme