To: Planning Enquiries at STC [2] 10-Jan-14

Enquiry 2: Slipway Development – River Drive.

The development to which this permission relates shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved plans and specifications.
This is condition 2 of the grant of permission. There had been much talk of condition 1 (that work had to start within 5 years) and the other 3 conditions but none about condition 2. It was very clear to the local residents that it was not built to plan from the start.

To: Planning Enquiries at STC [0] 18-Sep-13

This raised objections to noise, access and location but only a passing comment about the height. The was no complaint about it not being built to plan because:

There was initially no way of confirming that it was oversize.
The drawings provided by UK docks indicated the the shelter was some 3 meters taller and 1m wider than planned but there were a number of obstacles to getting hold of facts at this time.

  • the drawings provided by the Council/UK Docks did not appear to have approval;
  • correspondence with the Planning Office indicated that the shelter was approved;
  • we did not know the size of the framework;
  • questions about the dimensions of the shelter went unanswered (enquirers were being referred to the complaints system)