Herefordshire Planning Committee Approve Lidl Application

[Hereford Voice]

Herefordshire Council Planning And Regulatory Committee approve Lidl Supermarket Application at the Three Counties Hotel. 

After much debate, a proposal to 'REFUSE' was proposed by Cllr. Richard Thomas and seconded by Cllr. Simeon Cole however, after a lot of pressure from the panel and some legal arguments members of the committee voted we believe as follows; 1st Vote

• 𝟰 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿
• 𝟳 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁
• 𝟭 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱

On the second motion for the Planning Officers recommendation to 'APPROVE', this was proposed by Cllr Baker and nobody initially came forward to second the motioned however, later on in the meeting, we understand that it was eventually seconded by Cllr. Dave Davies. The majority voted with the officer (we do not know actually who voted) and members of the committee, we believe voted as follows; 2nd Vote

• 𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿 *
• 𝟯 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 *
• 𝟯 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱

On the 2nd vote

* We believe that the following Councillors all voted against this planning application.

• Cllr. Richard Thomas
• Cllr. Simeon Cole
• Cllr. David Hitchiner      

* After reviewing the live feed, we also believe that the following Councillors voted to approve this planning application.

• Cllr. Diana Toynbee
• Cllr. Dave Boulter
• Cllr. Bruce Baker
• Cllr. John Stone
• Cllr. Terry James (Chairperson)
• Cllr. Dave Davies