Stockport Council News

GMGU’s proof of evidence from David Woorich to the public inquiry in 2006 regarding the Adswood former Jackson’s Brickyards stated:- “The general thrust of guidance is that, ideally, gassing landfill sites should not be developed for ‘hard’ end uses until they have stabilised but should be developed instead for open space use. Stabilized in this sense means a methane level of below 1%v/v .. and a CO2 level below 1.5%v/v.”

The school site is gassing over 14%v/v CO2 .

In 2006 GMGU stated to a public inquiry about the sister Jackson’s Brickyard site at Adswood:- “Where the redevelopment of a closed landfill or nearby land is involved, even the possibility of difficulties from migrating gas would be a material planning consideration.”

It wasn’t when the same firm – GMGU – did the contamination investigations for this new school.

In 2006 the then Chief Exec of the Council banned me from asking any council meeting questions or talking to any council officer. It was supposed to be an indefinite ban. He claimed I had been rude and offensive to council staff. No evidence was ever produced and there was no appeal process. When I threatened to sue, the Council said in writing I was not rude or offensive. This ban meant I was not allowed to ask the planning officer if he had contacted the Environment Agency to see if they had told them about the contaminated site for a proposed new primary school. He hadn’t.

I went to the Environment Agency and proved how contaminated the land was and they put further planning restrictions on the Council in January 2008 which for some reason weren’t done until October 2009, paid for by the developers, which showed the entire site to be contaminated. When the EA told the Council not to decide the planning application on grounds of contamination, the Council “forgot” to tell the planning committee that fact.

So, to correctly state a school is being built too small for those who need to attend (why build it then?), that it is at least £5m over-budget (why?), that the traffic situation being created around the school is a lethal one (as the police admitted within weeks of the new school opening) and that it shouldn’t have been built on a still-gassing, former toxic waste dump site entirely contaminated with arsenic, lead and brown asbestos has been for many years (and still is) considered “vexatious” by LibDem run Stockport Council.

The non-removal of the lethal brown asbestos fibres:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0rCPnP5H9o

and the background dodgyness:-
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/blocking-information.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/contamination.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/drainage-problems.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/financial-irregularities.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/foi-abuses.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/how-did-it-pass-planning-.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/miscellaneous-shenanigans.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/miscellaneous-shenanigans-2.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/no-playing-fields.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/not-big-enough-one-year-on.html
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/traffic.html

http://www.sheilaoliver.org/compulsory-purchase-order-of-land.html

No public open space in Stockport is safe from the ruling LibDems.

Email sent – 23 September 2009 19:18

Dear Mr Houston

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From: Sheila Oliver

To: Anwar Majothi

Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:00 PM

Subject: Can council officers ever tell the truth?

Dear Mr Majothi

Please see the attached. It is implied by Ms Sager when I raise genuine and correct concerns about the funding that all is well, when in fact we have seen from the Agenda for pre-meeting minutes 30th March 2007 that there is obvious concern regarding funding. There was financial concern prior to this letter too. Was Ms Sager telling the truth?

Somehow, I think you are all going to be left with egg on your faces, or maybe even some of you spending more time with your families, for banning me for being ueber-vexatious. Please, please don’t throw me into the prickly briar patch ;o)

Yours

Mrs Oliver

Stockport’s Freedom of Information Campaigner

Email sent – 23 September 2009 19:44

Dear Mr Houston

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From: Sheila Oliver

To: Anwar Majothi

Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:44 PM

Subject: A massive reduction in the nursery places – why?

Dear Mr Majothi

Please see the attached.

The new centre was to provide 78 nursery places. We have seen that the birth rate in the area is rising. The nursery places now to be provided at the proposed children’s centre are around 50. I assume this is because the site is too small for purpose, in which case the school should not be going on this site.

Given all I have sent you so far, I am starting to smell a pretty strong rat.

Your comments please.

Yours

Mrs S J Oliver

Stockport’s Freedom of Information Campaigner

Email sent to Steve Houston, Director of Finance at Stockport Council on 23/09/2009 19.16

Despite Stockport Council’s Fraud and Financial Irregularities Policy he never responded, despite numerous reminders

Dear Mr Houston

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From: Sheila Oliver

To: Anwar Majothi

Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:33 AM

Subject: “Aspirations continue to exceed budget provision…”

Dear Mr Majothi

From the Harcourt Street Highlight report for period 15/3/06 – 14/05/20

“Aspirations continue to exceed budget provision and at this stage the scheme is undeliverable if the funding (or Brief) is not revisited.”

Highlight report for period 15/3/06 – 14/5/06

“Funding shortfall will lead to ultimate project failure if not addressed i.e., unable to enter into contract”. This was when the cost was circa £8.6 million – it is now circa £10 million.

From the Fir Tree Consultation with Governors 06/07/05

“There was concern from the governors that families in the Fir Tree area will have difficulty in getting to the proposed new site. The governors felt the outreach work would need to be increased as they felt parents from the school would not walk to the new facilities. The governors supports a new school but would wish the site to be in the Fir Tree community”

How much has the outreach work been costed at?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Mrs Sheila Oliver

Stockport’s Freedom of Information Campaigner