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Hanson Planning App - Consultation Letters fiasco :-

Please assist by complaining folks if you are one of the many who have not yet received a letter :-HIGH ImportanceTo: jonesa@ealing.gov.ukCC: Martin Smith, Chief Executive Ealing Council ; Kate Crawford, East Acton Ward Cllr.Subject: Hanson Planning Application and Consultation Letters NOT received :-Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 20:07:44 +0100Dear Ms Jones,I eMail you to formally request that the Consultation End Date for the Hanson Cement Planning Application (  Ref: P/2013/3475 ) is immediately extended by at least 30 days.I can confirm to you that at least 3 residents at my end of the road, including myself, have still not yet received Consultation Letters, as well as at least one resident in the eastern end of Noel Road where it junctions with Horn Lane. Numerous other residents also state they have received no letter.These Consultation Letters are alleged to have been posted out very soon after 20th August.I would also question the effectiveness of sending out such letters during August when many recipients are away on holiday. Surely Ealing Planning has enough experience of this and is fully aware of the uselessness of posting such letters at this time of year?I will also copy this message to the Case Officer, Peter Lee, via the Planing Portal, given the complete absence anywhere of an email direct contact address for him.Please advise.Many thanks.Rosco White

Rosco White ● 4760d13 Comments

Make that 4 on Lowfield road,

Vito Rivelli ● 4760d

Rosco, can you please paste in the email address of the CC people. Thanks!

Urs Esser ● 4760d

ChiefExecutive@ealing.gov.ukActon Central Ward (Horn Lane Estate/Hansons resides within)Daniel.crawford@ealing.gov.uk ; Abdullah.gulaid@ealing.gov.uk ; Patricia.walker@ealing.gov.ukEast Acton Ward (East side of Horn Lane, directly opposite Hanson/Gowing & Pursey et al - receives the filth laden winds)Katherine.crawford@ealing.gov.uk ; Attah.said@ealing.gov.uk ; Hitesh.tailor@ealing.gov.ukThe Dear Leader:  Julian.bell@ealing.gov.uk

Rosco White ● 4760d

Cheers :)!

Urs Esser ● 4760d

Peter Lee's email is apparently:LeeP@ealing.gov.ukGeneral planning email is:planning@ealing.gov.uk

Tom Forde ● 4759d

angie.bray.mp@parliament.uk

Tom Forde ● 4759d

Dear Forum Members, RE: Hanson Concretes, Horn Lane planning consultation letter distributionWe would like to make you aware that that the Hanson planning consultation letter will be sent out 9 September. Residents will have the normal 21 day consultation period in which to respond.  Full details of the application are available on the council’s website at http://www.pam.ealing.gov.uk/portalservlets/applicationSearchServletHow to comment:All comments must be in writing and include your name and address. Online: You can comment online via the above link  inserting P/2013/3475 and follow links to ‘Comment on this planning application’Via email:You can email the planning department at this address planning@ealing.gov.uk Via post: You can write to us at Ealing Council Planning Services, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, London W5 2HL. Please note you will need to include the reference P/2013/3475 and the site address – Hanson Concretes Horn Lane Goods Yard, 305 Horn Lane, Acton W3 0BPNo letters were issued in August and we apologise for this misunderstanding and any inconvenience this may have caused.

Ealing Council ● 4758d

Good to see that Ealing Council is monitoring this site. Perhaps now they will begin to understand the depth of feeling regarding Hanson's arrogant conduct, and Horn Lane Pollution in general.Here's a more informative explanation I received yesterday via email:-Dear Mr White, Thank you for your e-mail of 3 September 2013 regarding the issue of the public consultation process. Having checked with the Council’s bulk mailing service it has become apparent that the letters that were meant to be dispatched on 21 August 2013 were in fact not sent. Firstly, I would wish to thank you for drawing this matter to our attention and secondly I would wish to confirm that the letters will now be sent out on Monday, 9 September 2013. The letters will still specify the statutory 21-day consultation period, ie. running until 30 September 2013. However, I would like to clarify the way the process works. It is Ealing’s adopted procedure that all representations received up to and including the date an application is considered by the Planning Committee will be taken into account in the decision making process and will be reported to the Committee, regardless of whether they were received during the statutory consultation period or not. I note your comments about sending out letters during August but regret that the date an application is received is completely outside of our control and Planning Law requires that applications should be registered and processed immediately upon receipt. Were we to delay sending out notification letters then application processing times would be extended with the risk that appeals could be lodged against the non-determination of applications within the statutory periods laid down by the Government and the decision making process being taken out of local hands. Clearly I would wish to apologise for the delay in sending the neighbour notification letters and I will ensure that our procedures are reviewed to ensure similar issues do not occur in future. In the interim I have asked that formal confirmation is provided that the letters have been sent out when the letters have been posted.  Kind regards,XXXXXXXXXXX

Rosco White ● 4758d

It is good to see Ealing Council looking at the site.  I just wish they knew what they were doing.  Here's a quote from an email to sent to a neighbour by Peter Lee:"I can confirm that neighbour notification letters were sent out on 21 August 2013 and that In total 851 properties have been sent letters. I can also confirm that a Site Notice was displayed outside of the site on Horn Lane on 23 August 2013 and a Public Notice was also placed in the Ealing & Acton Gazette of 23 August 2013 (page 35).I would also wish to confirm that all representations received up to the date that the proposal is reported to the Planning Committee will be taken into account and that the application will not be placed before the Committee until at least 16 October 2013 at the earliest."

Sarah Harris ● 4757d

Says it all doesn't it.

Rosco White ● 4757d

In the interests of fairness, it is probable that the service they use to handle their bulk mailings reported back  that all was well.Of course this does not excuse the fact that checks & verification should have been made. As they eventually were, after myriad resident complaints.We can now hope, as a start on the long road to Planning Department efficiency, that the bulk mailing service is summarily fired.But, of course, that won't happen.

Rosco White ● 4757d

Sadly and truthfully this is just the beginning,we all need to stay on the ball just as we did with the bus garage on gypsy corner a few years ago which seems insignificant to what's happening now just outside our homes.

Vito Rivelli ● 4757d

Hey folks,We got a letter giving us the option to submit to the planning application, but i have not been involved in this type of thing before, does anyone have a pro-forma or template of an appropriate response to raise my concerns?Thanks a lot,Greg

Greg Newman ● 4751d