SAVE OUR GREEN SPACES

The advice we have received indicates that the submission of Landowner Statements is not in any way a process to undermine any VGA applications. We believe it to be the case that once a VGA submission is accepted by Staffordshire County Council it is their responsibility to process it in accordance with strict legal guidelines and taking account of information known at the time of receipt. We are given to understand that no landowner, either public or private, can influence or interfere with this process other than to provide supporting information upon request by the County Council. The "Landowner Statements" only takes effect at the end of the County Council's decision making process i.e. when it has been decided whether the land parcel(s) qualify as a Village Green or not... We are delighted to inform you at the cabinet meeting held on the 18th July 2012 to a packed public gallery, Cllr Eddie Boden Deputy Leader proposed that all 7 green field sites be removed from the SHLAA, which..

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