Councillor Iain Lindley, Prospective Conservative MP and opposition spokesman for Planning on Salford City Council, has called for the Council to extend the consultation deadline for the draft Core Strategy. The deadline for local residents to submit their responses to Council’s draft Core Strategy is this coming Friday, January 15th.
Councillor Lindley said:
“In view of the recent atrocious weather, and the unprecedented public concern about a number of the proposals contained within the document, it seems only right to extend the consultation period so that all Salford residents have the opportunity to submit their comments. I know that in many parts of Salford the post has been unreliable, and the minds of local people have rightly been elsewhere. I would hate to see submissions ruled out-of-order simply because they were posted within the deadline but did not arrive.
It is also disappointing to hear continued reports about the failure of the “Life In Salford” magazine to be distributed properly. This was the Council’s main method of communication with regard to the Core Strategy and if the magazine was not delivered as promised then this clearly merits a consultation extension in itself.
This document sets out the future of Salford over the next few decades, and a couple of weeks delay is a small price to pay for ensuring that all local residents are given every opportunity to comment.”
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