Back in November, the Planning Committee was asked for permission to change the use of the various buildings that used to be the house of Mr Barham. I absented myself from that item, because I had been party to awarded the contract to the new tenant ACAVA, so I felt there might be an appearance of bias. Officers recommended granting permission, but the Committee decided to refuse, which would make it impossible for ACAVA to use it for artists' studios as intended.
The curiosity of this situation is that the application was made by the Council in its role as Trustee of the Barham Park charity. On Tuesday last week, the Charity decided to appeal the decision, meaning that the Council is now appealing against a decision of its own Planning Committee.
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