The complaint of 10-Jan was not recorded. The description in 248789 is not the complaint. It reads:
Comment: see email to planning 14/1/14. Mr Dawson asking various questions relating to the ongoing development at the slipway, River Drive, South Shields.
The complaint had simply been hidden away and may as well have been chucked in the bin. If you read through the entire lot you will see that the Planning Manager conceded that shed had not been built to approved plans and it was with reference to 8296/14.
You will also notice that he has written each of his responses in such a way to support the lie that the shed has approval and that included some fraudulent misrepresentations. The Planning Manager said:
- 28-Jan: “In fact the 15.6m height is the height to River Drive and the height on the river side is some 3m greater – he was deliberately ignoring the note which said ‘to allow access’ for boats and would have known as well as I did that boats enter the shed fom the river;
- 28-Jan: “It is therefore reasonable to say that 8296/1A, 8296/1B, 8296/2 and 8296/4 represent the development which was approved in 1996 – it is not reasonable. ../1A or ../1B give a height of the river end as 15.5m and are not authorised because the height of landward end should read 15.5m – 2.7m or 3m + 9.8m or 12.8m, the 15.5m being in error. 8296/2 is authorised and gives the height as 12.7m;
- 13-Feb: The engineer chose to show a gable elevation of the structure (not drawn to scale) on the same drawing – it is drawn to scale, 1: 100;
March 2014
| 21-Mar | From: Planning Manager Sent: 21 March 2014 15:50:06 To: Mick Dawson Cc: 22 Residents GP and HV Subject: Slipway Development, River Drive Dear Mr Dawson Thank you for your email. Before the Council makes any decisions on the planning aspects of this case, we need to have a full understanding of the history of the site, and analyse all the facts. This is a complex matter and will take some time. Regards Planning Manager |
| 04-Mar | Local Residents Wish List I say “Thank you also for confirming that the Slipway Shed is not built to the approved 1996 plans,” knowing that the only approved drawing with dimensions that we have seen shows a road end height of 12.7m. |
Jan-Feb 2014
| 13-Feb | Admission that the Shed is not built to plan |
| 3-Feb | Dialogue leading to Concession |
| 28-Jan | Planning Manager’s Evasions There are three indicators that the elevation is the north end (river end)of the structure: 1. Detail notes on the drawing ” strips to draw back to each side to allow access for boats”. 2 and 3 are more confirmation trhat the gable is at the river end. |
| 24-Jan | Questions Unanswered What made you determine that the elevation is the South end when there is no such detail on the drawing? |
| 15-Jan | Planning Manager’s Denial |
| 14-Jan | Escalation to Planning Manager Registration of Complaint 248789 Comment: see email to planning 14/1/14. Mr Dawson asking various questions relating to the ongoing development at the slipway, River Drive, South Shields, which is not the complaint, see 10-Jan. |
| 13-Jan | Interception and Denial by Case Officer see 20-Dec Work continues with Photograph |
| 10-Jan | Complaint Initiation, Photograph, A8296_1A, B8296_1B and D8296_14 with notes |
December 2013
| 20&21 | Collusion GW and PC The Chair of the TGA did not respond nor did any of the others respond. Note that Councillor Anglin was informed. |
| 20-Dec | Denial No 1 *PROTECT is for internal use by STC |
| 19-Dec | Collusion JA and PC: Cllr A: Michael, Please see below the reply from Peter. |
| 16-Dec | Email to Councillor, PP Officer and TGA |
| 10-Dec | 8296/14 replaces 8296/1B on the portal Drawing 1B is not approved, it is an amendment drawn in 1997. Drawing 14 was approved by the Planning Manager 14-Oct-13. |
This email from the Planning Manager is the first one to give a complaint number:
From: Gordon Atkinson
To: M Dawson
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:43:07 +0100
Subject: feedback case 248789 [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED]
Dear Mr Dawson
I’m sorry for the delay. Mr Mansbridge is hoping to get a comprehensive response off to residents by the end of next week.
Regards
Gordon Atkinson
The complaint registered, 248789, bore no details from the complaint of 10-Jan-14. The details were from the escalation from the first to second stage of that complaint, made on the 14-Jan-14.