Re: Council tax U-turn

In article <4dafcfcbc5john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John M
Ward) wrote:

> Only a minority of elected members make most decisions, apart from the
> non-political (quasi-judicial) functions of licensing and development
> control. With licensing, though, members are not even allowed to
> represent their residents at the hearings, unlike for planning -- yet
> another erosion of participation by elected members..

If you've been told that it's bollocks. Councillors who are not
themselves "interested parties" have no right to make representations on
licensing applications but you are entitled to represent constituents if
they ask you to represent them.

My wife has resigned from our licensing committee to leave her free for
that role because the other two ward councillors are on licensing.

--
Colin Rosenstiel
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