Cllr Ian Barlow – where they stand

Where they stand

Position not clear

Urged the committee on 8 July 2025 not to change the plan at a late stage, mentioning what removing EXMO20 would mean; he did not state a clear view on the site itself.

you're then going to be looking for EXMO20 for instance five more sites that size that you've got one plus the one if you're going to remove EXMO20Strategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 · 02:26:30 ▶ · meeting page · Warned that removing EXMO20 would mean finding more large sites.

sometimes you just have to stick with what you've got and you can't change it because you've left it too late at this stageStrategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 · 02:26:03 ▶ · meeting page · Urged the committee to keep the plan as it stood.

Everything they said about EXMO20 at the meetings

7 passages from the council recordings, in date order. Each time stamp plays the recording at that moment.

Strategic Planning Committee, 8 July 2025 (3)

and also just want to clarify for the members of the public and that the final iteration of the plan will come to this committee in about September and that's when it will that will be the final final one any changes you're going to make that's going to be the the deadline for that01:45:08 ▶ · 3. The second consultation – anything that could be classed as predeterminative (104)

I just wanted to say the time to choose the way you do a plan was two or three years ago when I first joined this council you can't change it at the 11th air you are where you are … sometimes you just have to stick with what you've got and you can't change it because you've left it too late at this stage02:26:03 ▶ · 3. The second consultation – anything that could be classed as predeterminative (104)

you're then going to be looking for EXMO20 for instance five more sites that size that you've got one plus the one if you're going to remove EXMO2002:26:30 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)

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Strategic Planning Committee, 22 September 2026 (3)

I'm just fascinated I sort of read especially the air quality report that basically from what I can see there's been four five different consultations on this … Are we waiting to put in the perfect plan, and we keep waiting? It's like Groundhog Day. I don't know how many times I've been here now. The next six months we've had to delay it because of X, Y, Z.01:39:30 ▶ · 2. Outstanding pieces of work (HRA, Air Quality Mitigation report, etc.) – especially dates and promises (257)

I sort of read especially the air quality report that basically from what I can see there's been four five different consultations on this as far as I could read it there, and it basically comes to the conclusion that they can't prove it's a danger or a thing, but they also can't prove it isn't a danger or a thing.01:39:30 ▶ · A. Habitats Regulations, Pebble Bed Heaths, air quality and ecology (126)

but with the issue of the housing numbers, does this mean that the 20% extra we've got to find takes away the 20 percent we've saved in the first place01:40:29 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)

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Full Council, 14 October 2026 (1)

We deal with less than 100 cases on the committee in a year, on average, less than 4%.01:37:47 ▶ · I. Admissions (24)

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