Democracy 1 Bullies 2

Democracy 1 Bullies 2




I was ashamed to be part of the planning process on Thursday night where the committee granted permission for a change of use of a corner shop to become a fish and chip outlet.

Officers, the police and 150 residents opposed the application, the petition raised by the applicant was shown to list signatures without any address , a petition without any heading as to what the petition was about and the rest from homes which had signed for and against. I visited a number of those who had signed both ways and they admitted they had done so because of the intimidation by the applicant They are all against this application both for safety reasons at the busy junction and the smell and nuisance form having such a take away next door with a flue overhanging the pavement... what an eyesore … he also had attacked the owner of the Chinese take away who was collecting a petition ( on police record) attacked the lady in the post office and threatened the crossing lady. That is the bully bit.

He got the permission because of a letter from the club next door allowing the applicant to have access to their car park adjacent to the proposed fish and chip shop for customers to use. This is in spite of the fact no details of times, whether this car park can be left open in spite of the club only being open occasionally for functions in the evenings. There are already drug dealers operating on the pavement of Essex str and I fully expect them to move into the opened car park where they will then be hidden from view.

Democracy and fairness has been lost to the actions of an arrogant bully who as a major owner of properties throughout Walsall , he believes he can try and manipulate the names and views of local residents on petitions and conditions of planning approval to suit his aims.

Democracy 1 Bullies 2 What an appalling result. Residents call foul.
This may not be the final score... we shall play into extra time and maybe score a couple of penalties