On December 10 I and two other Botley residents drove to Wantage to attend the Vale’s full council meeting, expecting to hear what was on the agenda: 15 questions asked by various councillors, three of which related to Botley and the planning committee’s refusal of Doric’s plans for West Way.

To our considerable annoyance we were approached by an officer to be informed that the council would not be giving a verbal response to the questions, which had been submitted at least a fortnight before the meeting, and would instead issue a written response, eventually. This was even more irritating because there would then be no opportunity for councillors to ask supplementary questions. This is unsatisfactory.

There is a secrecy and lack of transparency shown by the leader, Matthew Barber and his cabinet.

Neil Cameron

Conifer Close

Oxford

 

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