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Questions about the contentious pylons at La Grande Mare have been put to the Development and Planning Authority, with Deputy Steve Falla seeking answers within 15 days.
Deputy Falla has posed eight Rule 14 questions to the DPA seeking to make clear the Authority’s role in approving the development.
Thousands of people have now signed a petition opposing the 30-metre-high pylons at La Grande Mare, which are part of the development of a new golf course. People living in the area have raised concerns about the pylons’ visual impact on the landscape.
The planning application didn’t go to an open planning meeting and was passed along to planning officials to approve, after a 3-2 vote by political authority members to do so.
The DPA has 15 days to respond to Deputy Falla’s questions, which can be read in full below:
If so, what form did these take and does the DPA believe that these properly represented the impact of the structures?
If not, was any request made by the DPA to see the full extent of the visual impact on the surrounding area?
How many representations or objections were submitted in relation to this development? How many specifically referenced the pylons and netting?
In hindsight, does the DPA consider that it is a mistake to delegate decision-making on such matters to officers where this is decided by a narrow political majority and not a unanimous vote of the five politicians on the Authority?
The Authority has previously stated that open planning meetings are expensive and therefore rarely held. Should this policy be reviewed in light of the Grande Mare controversy?
Is there any route or mechanism through which a permission, once granted, can later be challenged or appealed by a third party?
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