Morrison Hall

[steveL]

There's always a story behind these decisions though we'll probably never find out what the real story behind this one actually is, but the idea of RMW getting excited about £6,000 in developer contributions is laughable.

Last year, RMW championed a move by his mate, Musgrave, to do exactly the same and drop their own developer contribution (106 money) from their Wynyard housing development. In that case, it wasn't £6,000 they were talking about but a cool £1m and RMW and his Labour colleagues were all in favour of it. The move prompted an exasperated planning officer to get all of the planning committee together for a meeting just to make sure that they actually understood what they had just done - waived goodbye to £1m that the council was entitled to and, in the process, made the developer £1m better off.

Wells understood alright.

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/community/hartlepool-landmark-developers-told-to-pay-up-and-improve-surrounding-area-1-7351382

[seaton]

There's always a story behind these decisions though we'll probably never find out what the real story behind this one actually is, but the idea of RMW getting excited about £6,000 in developer contributions is laughable.

Last year, RMW championed a move by his mate, Musgrave, to do exactly the same and drop their own developer contribution (106 money) from their Wynyard housing development. In that case, it wasn't £6,000 they were talking about but a cool £1m and RMW and his Labour colleagues were all in favour of it. The move prompted an exasperated planning officer to get all of the planning committee together for a meeting just to make sure that they actually understood what they had just done - waived goodbye to £1m that the council was entitled to and, in the process, made the developer £1m better off.

Wells understood alright.

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/community/hartlepool-landmark-developers-told-to-pay-up-and-improve-surrounding-area-1-7351382

And a few brown envelopes were given out I bet !