Planning Inspector Mary O'Rourke BA(Hons) DipTP MRTPI. started with some house keeping
She notified all, she had taken dinner at a very nice little Italian restaurant in Oakham and whilst she was there Jeakins Weir ‘s QC Mr Jerry Cahill also arrived and other people connected to the hearing. She felt is should be noted they all sat in different parts of a very busy restaurant, everyone agreed the food was very good. A good endorsement for Oliveto.
QC Mr Jerry Cahill and QC Mr Brian Ash
Today Jeakins Weir finished presenting their evidence.
During cross examination of a witness the public laughed. QC Cahill made the following request: The public should not laugh at his witness's.
I am not sure the public were laughing at his witness, the laughter was more likely to have been prompted by a comment made by the councils QC when he said he could almost hear the cat squeal as the witness was trying to shove it back into its bag.
The days are very long some people like to read the paper to pass the time the photograph below shows a member of the public catching up on the Rutland Times coverage of the inquiry.
The Rutland Times Refers to the field
as The Battleground
Later in the afternoon there were a few more sniggers as a expert for Jeakins Weir said he did not feel the build of 100 homes was an expansion of Oakham.
Leicestershire Constabulary who had originally objected to the plan, retracted there objection after Jeakins Weir agreed an amendment to the 106 payments agreement.
