Update from Amy Jackson

Email received

The following email was forwarded to me by a local resident for wider publication:

"From: Amy Jackson

Subject: Update on Nocton Dairies' planning application Fri 3 December
To: amy@oxtale.co.uk
Date: Friday, 3 December, 2010, 13:58

To: attendees at last liaison group meeting/parish council chairs/clerks

Please find an update on our Nocton Dairies planning application and communications activities:

• Metheringham Parish Council are holding a closed meeting for the village on 8 December, at which we have been asked to supply some display boards, make a short presentation and take part in a Q&A session. Sharon Wetherall, Metheringham Parish Council clerk, is the contact for this meeting.
• Potterhanworth Parish Council are holding a similar session on 16 December; whilst this is not a closed meeting, we understand that seats are firmly prioritised for Potterhanworth residents. Philip Stephenson, chair of Potterhanworth Parish Council, is the contact for this meeting.
• We are receiving feedback on a daily basis from North Kesteven Parish Council as they work their way through the application, and are responding as these queries come through. We don’t yet know when the application will be validated because, as the council has pointed out, it’s a very big application.
• However, NKDC have stressed that there is no reason to hold off having these meetings until the validated application is sent through to each parish council. In fact, as they have confirmed it’s likely the initial feedback period won’t be extended beyond 28 days (although the total consultation period will still be 14-16 weeks), they say having the meetings before or at the beginning of the consultation period will allow parish councils and residents a bit more time. NKDC will be holding their own meetings as well once the application is validated.
• The website http://www.noctondairies.co.uk/ has had around 2000 visits since the new information was posted two weeks ago so hopefully people are finding it of use, but if there are any omissions please let us know so we can update; a factsheet can be downloaded from the site or if required can be sent out to anyone needing one if they get in touch.

Let me know if there are any other queries or if you feel it would be helpful to meet in any capacity. We will let you know straight away if we hear any news about validation.

Kind regards
Amy, for Nocton Dairies Ltd"


I would be interested in asking the following questions:

Q1: Why are North Kesteven District Council in the position of having to request further documentation and details regarding the planning application in order to consider validation?

Q2: Why was all the documentation regarding the planning application not published on the Nocton Dairies website e.g. a quick cross-check with Drawing Issue Sheet 1 show RAC 4448/09 - New lagoon site plan and sections and RAC 4448/33 - Tree protection missing?

Q3: What other documentation and detail has not been published by Nocton Dairies into the public domain that North Kesteven District Council have since requested?

Q4: When are the planning applications for the reservoir and digestate pipeline going to be submitted to North Kesteven District Council?

Q5: What else are the public not being told about this planning application?


These are just a few questions about process without giving the matter much thought - there are clearly many more that still need to be answered.  However these will have to be reserved for the proper consultee period and submission of objections/observations, so that they can be considered for the Planning Report.

Finally, as yet there is no meeting arranged for Nocton, so residents in this village do not have an opportunity to seek more information from the developers in a face-to-face environment.  Perhaps the local Parish Council are waiting to see if the application is validated first before making a booking?  The next Parish Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 7th December at 7.00pm in the Village Hall, so I shall ask what arrangements are being made and report back here.

Dairy Fairy

An interesting blog entry you may like to view.

http://www.fwi.co.uk/blogs/lincolnshire-farming-blog/2010/11/dairy.html