Portishead Lake Grounds skate park plans to be revisited at pair's request

“An investigation would be great and if corruption and malpractice identified, legal proceedings and prison sentences should be afford to those who have abused this process for their own aims.

Must be a body of evidence out there to put people behind bars surely?”

“It can be evidenced that Portishead Skatepark Project has adhered to planning process, due process, consultations both by the group itself but more importantly by North Somerset Council's own planning team. The results of all those consultations that took place during the permitted time period showed overwhelming support from those who participated, against a small minority of opposition. Hundreds in fact in support against merely tens against.

Cllr Lake now appears to think that overriding planning processes is acceptable as well as accepting the opinion of some Conservative councillors who refuse to step over the party line dictate spoken by the Lake Grounds Ward Councillor in September 2010, "Your NSC colleagues have made it clear. No skatepark on the lake grounds", and "This is a Tory District Council initiative and therefore any further moves to attempt to locate a skatepark at the lakegrounds will be counter productive and unhelpful to our efforts".

How can Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron allow such poor political practice at local level when he favours The Big Society? Well done to those district councillors with integrity who have called Cllr Lake's decision in once again. If agreed planning processes are not adhered to in favour of the party ruling, then what hope is there for any town or village that wishes to do something for its young people?

(My Comment Red Arrowed Personally)”

“YOUNG PEOPLE WARNING!!! YOUNG PEOPLE WARNING!!!

Take to your cellars, Portishead pensioners; the young people are coming...”

“Party politics have over ridden democratic due process with this planning application. It has been a disgraceful display of councillors putting the agendas of their fellow councillor before the interests of the youth of the town. Everybody can see it but having Tony Lake once more make the decision, a man who referred to skatepark users as 'another sort of people' on local radio will ensure that those pulling his strings will triumph. An open review/public enquiry is what is needed to expose the actions of councillors who have abused their positions to meet their own agendas over this matter. It has shamed both the town and the local councillors involved.”

“Party politics have over ridden democratic due process with this planning application. It has been a disgraceful display of councillors putting the agendas of their fellow councillor before the interests of the youth of the town. Everybody can see it but having Tony Lake once more make the decision, a man who referred to skatepark users as 'another sort of people' on local radio will ensure that those pulling his strings will triumph. An open review/public enquiry is what is needed to expose the actions of councillors who have abused their positions to meet their own agendas over this matter. It has shamed both the town and the local councillors involved.”

“Party politics have over ridden democratic due process with this planning application. It has been a disgraceful display of councillors putting the agendas of their fellow councillor before the interests of the youth of the town. Everybody can see it but having Tony Lake once more make the decision, a man who referred to skatepark users as 'another sort of people' on local radio will ensure that those pulling his strings will triumph. An open review/public enquiry is what is needed to expose the actions of councillors who have abused their positions to meet their own agendas over this matter.”