Telford & Wrekin Council Watch

5^th May 2010

RE – Telford Housing Summit Report

Dear Sir / Madam,

You will all be well aware that the Telford Housing Summit Report was completed and released in April 2010.

The fact that the housing summit report was released some 14 months after its released date is now being used as a reason to suggest its contents are either out of date or factually incorrect.

Whilst its late release could in fact be a legitimate reason, this does not excuse the fact that the great majority of Borough Councillors have not responded and no Parish Council has responded.

As you will note from appendix A, a reply from Telford and Wrekin Council Leader clearly suggests that any response from elected members throughout the borough, will in fact be made via the cabinet and / or through a future Full Council meeting.

If this is in fact the case, I feel it is vital that every elected member who is going to respond through this route is given the full information in order to offer a fully informed response.

This fully informed response can only be given by taking into consideration the responses offered by residents. To offer a response, without taking into account their replies would in fact be undemocratic and fundamentally wrong.

Whilst I was trying to gather all replies by mid May 2010, which would’ve allowed adequate time for all to respond, this recent development means I have no alternative but to submit the report early to ensure that residents concerns, ideas and replies have the slightest chance of being taken into consideration by our elected members.

Because of this development, the Housing Summit Response is not as complete as I would’ve liked and hoped for.

Therefore, the report is now being circulated to everyone who has responded in the first instance, the report response will then be circulated to all borough councillors so they have the opportunity to respond at full council with all information having been made available.

The last two steps will be to forward the report to the Council Leader, arrange a meeting to discuss its contents and future action and then I will contact our MP’s after the results of the 2010 General election are known.

I would like to offer my most sincere thanks to everyone who has supported me to date, submitted their replies and afforded me every courtesy when speaking with residents across the borough.

Yours Sincerely

 JOHN FRANKLYN

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