I made a request to make a deputation at the next Council meeting. I sent the following to democratic services.
Martin Brookes Oakham Resident.
13 Willow Crescent
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6EQ
It is important for me to state I am not Anti Tesco.
I am against the destruction of the local environment, Tesco Claims like many large companies claim green, so why the need for extra tarmac the effect this will have on their neighbours is not needed.
The store is often over shopped, so I agree there should be extra sales space. There is no need for extra parking, people who can walk need to walk more often.
At the last Planning Licensing committee Tesco sent Mrs Bean to represent them, at this meeting she quoted inaccurate information.
I am concerned she may have given more.
Can I asks each Councillor present can you trust Tesco and their representations?
How many of you have read the complete application?
I spent nearly 3 hours at Oakham Town Council scanning through all the documents, I and this still did not give me time to read all the documents.
To Finish I would hope Tesco would refrain from making up quotes and only quote things that are published in the relevant documents they refer to and not say something is in a report when clearly it is not.
I received the following response, please notice the Chief Executive has decided to edit my deputation to suit her. I was told the original email wich contained this question was not acceptable and I needed to write again so I sent the above, then I reveive the following?
Your question as submitted yesterday has been accepted by the Chief Executive for the Ordinary Council Meeting on Monday 11 October 2010, as follows.
"Can Councillors trust Tesco to be provided with truthful and accurate information, after Mrs Bean gave information at the planning committee meeting that was inaccurate and not contained in the retail report she refered to?"
I believe you have received a copy of the relevant procedure rules however, as a reminder, you will have a total of 5 minutes to ask your question which will include the response. After the question has received a reply, you may ask one supplementary question which must arise directly out of the original question or reply.
Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at democratic@rutland.gov.uk
