BLEW Fights Back
At a shambolic meeting of the Development Control Committee (DCC) last Monday the councillors voted by the narrow margin of 6 votes to 5 to approve the “Milton Keynes Wind Farm”. Despite the disappointing result of Monday night we are not giving up. Councillor Debbie Brock has invoked Rule 15, a little known part of the Milton Keynes Council constitution which enables a Councillor with the support of 4 others (i.e. 10% of the council) to ask the decision of the DCC to be rescinded. This request needed to be submitted within 24 hours of the meeting and was done on Tuesday. By Friday the names of the additional supporters of this rule will have been submitted. This now allows the wind farm decision to be debated by the entire council on 8th January 2008 at 7.30pm in the Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate, Central Milton Keynes. Please keep this date free as the public will be allowed to attend and hopefully this time we will be allowed to question the committee.
In the meantime, please write to the Council, Milton Keynes Citizen, MK News and Olney Phonebox expressing your concern at the manner in which the Wind Farm proposal was debated and decided upon last Monday.
MK News
E-mail letters@mk-news.co.uk or write to The Editor, MK News, 1 Diamond Court, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, MK15 0DU.
Milton Keynes Citizen
E-mail editorial@mkcitizen.co.uk, fax 01908 632214 or write to The Editor, MK Citizen, Napier House, Auckland Park, Bond Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK1 1BU.
Olney Phonebox
E-mail editor@phoneboxmagazine.co.uk, fax 01234 713398 or write to The Editor, Phonebox Magazine, Stanley Court, Olney, MK46 5NH.