The Elms: Reply to the Open Letter To The Mayor of Thame

DEAR Editor, The Town Council is unable to respond to any statement about a ruling of an alleged breach of a code of conduct because the Town Council has not received any such notification from the RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute) nor can find any such information on the RTPI website.

The Thame Neighbourhood Plan has been intensely scrutinised following continual allegations of malfeasance by Mr Webb and the Elms Petition Group. South Oxfordshire District Council, Thames Valley Police Fraud Office, The Commissioner for the Freedom of Information and an Independent Examiner have all concluded that there is no case to answer and have subsequently closed all enquiries about such allegations.

As stated last year a change to the Neighbourhood Plan would require a sound planning policy reason, and with no new significant material planning information coming forward since the Plan was made, removing the site would not prevent the owner of the site from developing it.

The Town Council reaffirms the integrity of the process by which the Plan was developed.
Cllr J Matelot Green
(Thame)Town Mayor

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