Quote ="lad13"He said it directly when I asked him - also said it was prior to his handling. Confirmed that wmdc didn’t sign when they should have (I am unsure what document they refer to as there was a lot of planning terms discussed.'"
He was not Director of Planning at the time the UU was signed or employed by WMDC.
The agreement would have been better if had been a Multi-Party Section 106 Agreement with the Trust, Club, Council, Developer all party to it and signing it. It would have spelled out exactly who did what and when and how much etc. and pretty much left no wriggle room.
Peter Box claims that the Council wanted a Multi-Party Agreement but the SoS wanted a UU. If you read the Palnning Inspectors Report /Consent it states that the SoS would prefer a Multi-Party Agreement but would be prepared to accept a UU. What I can't figure out is if the Council and the SoS both wanted a Multi-Party Agreement why did the Council not insist on such an agreement. So yes Neil Rodgers is right, the Council screwed up.
I would also say they screwed up Newcold as well by allowing it to sit outside the UU and not taking proper legal advice from a specialist Planning Lawyer or Counsel.
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