Hayle not 'kept in the picture' claim
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Despite maintaining their long
standing position of not discussing what they would want to see from the
proposed development of Hayle Harbour until the development plans are
published, Hayle Town council have claimed that they are being kept in
the dark by developers ING. Apparently the concerns were sparked off when it was revealed that other organisations had asked ING and their architects to brief them on their latest thinking and proposed revisions to the consultations which took place last year. It was revealed that Hayle Harbour Users Association and Hayle Chamber of Commerce had held meetings with ING and their agents. Hayle councillors are said to have claimed that they too would have liked to have had the opportunity to raise a number of issues with ING but its only contact had been 'second hand' through councillors memberships of other bodies. In truth, while other bodies in the town have been pro-active and have got of their backsides and asked ING to talk to them and brief them on progress, it would seem Hayle Town Council has not and instead made it policy not to discuss what they want to see in the harbour plans until they are published. The council are now whinging that no one has asked them to comment on the latest pre-publication revisions. Meanwhile it would seem that at District Council level Penwith Councillors have been kept at arms length with meetings between the developers and the council being restricted to a few senior officers and highly selected members. The majority of Hayle Councillors have been excluded from the meetings with ING which have been taking place behind closed doors.
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