Comments on: FoE Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) Action http://ukwin.org.uk/2010/01/26/foe-infrastructure-planning-commission-ipc-action/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Jnr http://ukwin.org.uk/2010/01/26/foe-infrastructure-planning-commission-ipc-action/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Bob Jnr Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:42:39 +0000 http://ukwin.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-671 It has been reported that the Conservative Party, if elected, would scrap the IPC and return power back to planning authorities. It's not clear what would happen regarding applications submitted before the election. It has been reported that the Conservative Party, if elected, would scrap the IPC and return power back to planning authorities. It’s not clear what would happen regarding applications submitted before the election.

]]> By: Dr S Prokop,BSc,MBBS,MRCPswych http://ukwin.org.uk/2010/01/26/foe-infrastructure-planning-commission-ipc-action/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Dr S Prokop,BSc,MBBS,MRCPswych Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:54:50 +0000 http://ukwin.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-669 Our local SLWP had an away day at which the benefits of a JWA were stated as: 1.being a new legal entity. 2.having fewer reporting requirements, and 3.being difficult to dissolve. Given the tone of the local consultation,extreme secrecy of the procurement process(in which the building of an incinerator,let alone hazardous and radioactive waste was being denied) and exclusion of the public from a number of meetings that should have been ordinary,people may understand a suspicious stance.£1 billion pounds is a lot of money to play with,and when the rules are secret,goodness knows what the result may be. Our local SLWP had an away day at which the benefits of a JWA were stated as:
1.being a new legal entity.
2.having fewer reporting requirements, and
3.being difficult to dissolve.
Given the tone of the local consultation,extreme secrecy of the procurement process(in which the building of an incinerator,let alone hazardous and radioactive waste was being denied) and exclusion of the public from a number of meetings that should have been ordinary,people may understand a suspicious stance.£1 billion pounds is a lot of money to play with,and when the rules are secret,goodness knows what the result may be.

]]> By: Bob Jnr http://ukwin.org.uk/2010/01/26/foe-infrastructure-planning-commission-ipc-action/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Bob Jnr Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:15:54 +0000 http://ukwin.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-661 In response to the above post, I don't believe that JWAs are that bad. They are quite simply two or more councils working together to save money. The decisions will still be taken by elected members, who are accountable to the voters. Minutes and reports are still published on public websites and meetings are held in public, should you wish to attend. In response to the above post, I don’t believe that JWAs are that bad. They are quite simply two or more councils working together to save money. The decisions will still be taken by elected members, who are accountable to the voters. Minutes and reports are still published on public websites and meetings are held in public, should you wish to attend.

]]> By: Dr S Prokop,BSc,MBBS,MRCPswych http://ukwin.org.uk/2010/01/26/foe-infrastructure-planning-commission-ipc-action/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Dr S Prokop,BSc,MBBS,MRCPswych Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:47:33 +0000 http://ukwin.org.uk/?p=1538#comment-658 The IPC is one thing, and nasty too, but the Joint Waste Authority is another thing to concern us. "Residents of the local authority jungles are going to have to get used to a new creature. Partly a Frankenstein monster sewn together from bits of four councils, partly a legal genetic modification, it is set to prowl the local rubbish tips in search of savings and profit and opportunity. TALK ABOUT PREPARING FOR PRIVATISATION ! It will be more difficult to spot, won’t have to say what its going to do, won’t have to say as much as a local council about what it has done and will be made as near immortal as current technology allows. Without clear democratic accountability, and camouflaged as an entirely new legal entity it will be trying to get away with emissions and residue murder….BEWARE….. " The IPC is one thing, and nasty too, but the Joint Waste Authority is another thing to concern us.

“Residents of the local authority jungles are going to have to get used to a new creature. Partly a Frankenstein monster sewn together from bits of four councils, partly a legal genetic modification, it is set to prowl the local rubbish tips in search of savings and profit and opportunity.

TALK ABOUT PREPARING FOR PRIVATISATION !

It will be more difficult to spot, won’t have to say what its going to do, won’t have to say as much as a local council about what it has done and will be made as near immortal as current technology allows. Without clear democratic accountability, and camouflaged as an entirely new legal entity it will be trying to get away with emissions and residue murder….BEWARE….. “

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