Oakham and Rutland Local News

Oakham and Rutland Local News
Click Image Above to visit the New Site & Stay Informed with Oakham and Rutland News! Discover the latest news and updates from Oakham and Rutland. Explore our new website for in-depth articles, breaking news, and community events. Don't miss out! Click the image above to stay connected.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Local Artist Jo Goodliffe calls for the resignation of Oakham Town Councillor Matthew Taylor.

Local Artist Jo Goodliffe calls for the resignation 
of Oakham Town Councillor Matthew Taylor.
 
 
> From: JOANNA GOODLIFFE 
> Subject: Demand for your immediate resignation from Oakham Town Council
> To: "Matthew Taylor" 
> Date: Saturday, 22 January, 2011, 19:45
> Dear Mr Taylor,
> 
> Unless you confirm otherwise, you accepted to be co-opted
> onto the Town Council for my ward fully aware that you have
> an improper vested interest because you were the planning
> officer who on 16 May 2005 secured an advantage for
> Inclusive Design Limited for hitherto hidden reasons by
> starting to giving written advice to Inclusive Design
> Limited knowing it would prejudice me to enable them to sue
> me for the scheme of 7 flats at my premises incorporating a
> blind access in place of my demolished home bang slap next
> to the immediately adjacent 2-metre high brick walls of the
> amenity area of No. 38 arising from the advice you kept on
> giving to Inclusive Design Limited for 2 months behind my
> back which was so reckless as to ensure that drivers leaving
> No. 40 could not see any oncoming vehicles or pedestrians on
> their way out which in advice addressed to me "in
> confidence" by planning officer Mr Gear but for hitherto
> hidden reasons in the name of "Geldards LLP"
>  with whom Inclusive Design Limited do business, Mr Gear
> advised me on 21.10.10 that drivers leaving the site must be
> able to do in order to satisfy the necessary highway
> requirement imposed on my proposal and therefore on that of
> Inclusive Design Limited but about which you advised
> absolutely nothing.
> 
> The Town Council is statutory consultee on all planning
> applications affecting Oakham. Kindly hand in your
> resignation immediately and confirm to me by return that you
> have done so. 
> 
> From Jo Goodliffe, 40 Cold Overton Road, Oakham