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