Priti calls on Council to hold planning meeting in Witham
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Chief Executive of Braintree District Council to hold in the Town the planning committee meeting which will determine the proposals for housing on the Gimsons and River Walk site. The planning application has attracted hundreds of response and objections from local residents …
Campaign against Gimsons growing in strength
Witham MP Priti Patel, local campaigners and councillors have met to discuss the next steps to take in opposing the large housing development plans for the Gimsons site. Hundreds of local residents across Witham have been lobbying Braintree District Council to reject the plans for a wide range of reasons …
Priti calls for call-in on Incinerator plans
Witham MP Priti Patel has asked the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to exercise his powers to call-in the current planning application for the Rivenhall Incinerator. Speaking in the House of Commons [28 January 2019], Priti highlighted to the Secretary of State that the original planning …
Priti welcomes Barbrook Lane refusal
Local MP Priti Patel has welcomed the decision taken by Colchester Borough Council to refuse the outline planning application by Gladman for 200 dwellings on a green space off of Barbook Lane, Tiptree. Priti has been working with local residents to oppose the application and has highlighted to the Council …
Priti joins Incinerator campaigners in Coggeshall
Priti Patel MP has met with campaigners opposing the Rivenhalll Incinerator in Coggeshall. Priti attended a drop in session held by the Incinerator developers at Coggeshall Village Hall and then discussed the plans with residents objecting including misleading information being circulated by the developers. Priti, who has been a long-term …
Disappointed by Drakes Lane Planning Decision
Witham MP Priti Patel has expressed her disappointment with Chelmsford City Council over the decision taken last night [4 December 2018] to grant planning permission for nine Traveller pitches at Drakes Lane. The site is located close to the boundary of the Witham constituency and Priti has been supporting residents …
Priti calls on Council to refuse Drakes Lane application
Local MP Priti Patel has called on Chelmsford City Council’s Planning Committee to refuse a planning application for nine Traveller pitches on a site in Drakes Lane. The site is located next to an industrial estate and isolated from services and facilities, including schools and GP surgeries. Despite the application …
Concerns over latest Rivenhall Incinerator application
Witham MP Priti Patel has expressed concerns over the latest environmental permit application by the promoters of the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility. The application is to vary the current permit to enable the facility to operate with a stack that is 35 metres above ground level rather than 58 …
Priti raises garden settlements in Parliament
Witham MP Priti Patel has quizzed the Government’s Planning Minister on garden settlements during a debate in Parliament [Tuesday 16 October 2018]. The debate on housing and home ownership took place in Westminster Hall and in response the Minister, Kit Malthouse MP, explained that councils need to engage with local …
Priti stands with community opposing Drakes Lane Travellers site Development
Witham MP Priti Patel is working with local residents and businesses in opposing plans for a Gypsy and Traveller site at Drakes Lane, Little Waltham. Speaking at a packed public meeting held at Boreham Village Hall, Priti outlined her full concerns with the proposals which are for nine pitches located …