Over the months I have been on the council, regularly we are told black is white, standing orders don’t mean what they say and that the Council is great.

Last night most of the Tories and the Independent (who always votes with the Tories) refused to protect one of the oldest trees in Lakenheath because that would  increase bureaucracy for the farmer/developer who they are sure wont harm it and if a tree preservation order was applied would no longer care for it!  Credit must go to Cllr Bill Bishop for opposing this decision, 1 of just 2 Tories to do so.

To me it shows that they only care for the environment when it suits them.  This decision was just indicative of that. 

At the end of a long planning meeting.  We were told that we were going to be briefed on 2 issues.  The man from the press was duly ejected by the officers as apparently it was no longer a meeting.

We were then given a report on how Conservative controlled Forest Heath has allowed a 10 metre eyesore mast to go up on Exning Road by the Leisure Centre because they forgot to determine the application in time.  The mast is sighted I believe on Conservative Controlled Suffolk County Council land. 

However apart from huff and puff all we can do is put pressure on  O2 to remove their mast apparently (great guidance I must say).   I certainly hope we can do more than that.   Pressure must be put on the landowners - I believe the county to make sure the mast is removed and procedures must be tightened this doesn’t happen again.