Comments on: Pollok park: Ministers refuse to call-in Go Ape plan http://www.leyton.org/2008/09/24/pollok-park-ministers-duck-the-issue/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:55:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: What a Bunch of Bankers! - Scottish Roundup http://www.leyton.org/2008/09/24/pollok-park-ministers-duck-the-issue/#comment-24564 What a Bunch of Bankers! - Scottish Roundup Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:26:25 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=1563#comment-24564 <p>[...] Richard Leyton is disappointed at the Scottish Government’s decision not to intervene in the Go Ape! planning application in Pollok Park. [...]</p> [...] Richard Leyton is disappointed at the Scottish Government’s decision not to intervene in the Go Ape! planning application in Pollok Park. [...]

]]> By: Mrs K http://www.leyton.org/2008/09/24/pollok-park-ministers-duck-the-issue/#comment-24560 Mrs K Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:49:49 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=1563#comment-24560 <p>Stickability can win.</p> <p>Keep on looking forward and its nice either way it goes, when you know have done all you can.</p> Stickability can win.

Keep on looking forward and its nice either way it goes, when you know have done all you can.

]]> By: Richard http://www.leyton.org/2008/09/24/pollok-park-ministers-duck-the-issue/#comment-24557 Richard Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:09:48 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=1563#comment-24557 <p>Indeed. In our case here the consultation was horrifically flawed (schoolchildren from a distant school constituted a large proportion of the 'positive' responses). With a Freedom of Information request it was discovered there was no formal process in the consultation, and that the notices hadn't been displayed about it in any meaningful way for regular park users to find out about it.</p> <p>What annoys me so much is politicians at all levels seem to forget it's often steamrolling (relatively) small issues like this that build a view of disenfranchisement and ultimately cynicism and declining voter turnout. The electorate see little point in taking part in the political process (be it voting, responding or writing) if they know the council/government will get its way in the end.</p> Indeed. In our case here the consultation was horrifically flawed (schoolchildren from a distant school constituted a large proportion of the ‘positive’ responses). With a Freedom of Information request it was discovered there was no formal process in the consultation, and that the notices hadn’t been displayed about it in any meaningful way for regular park users to find out about it.

What annoys me so much is politicians at all levels seem to forget it’s often steamrolling (relatively) small issues like this that build a view of disenfranchisement and ultimately cynicism and declining voter turnout. The electorate see little point in taking part in the political process (be it voting, responding or writing) if they know the council/government will get its way in the end.

]]> By: Cronan http://www.leyton.org/2008/09/24/pollok-park-ministers-duck-the-issue/#comment-24556 Cronan Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:45:22 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=1563#comment-24556 <p>As we've learnt fighting our local council over planning permission, the requirement for consultation doesn't require government bodies to change their point of view in any way. They simple have to demonstrate that they collected the information and performed the consultation.</p> <p>An exercise in rubber-stamping.</p> <p>I hope you don't lose your park.</p> As we’ve learnt fighting our local council over planning permission, the requirement for consultation doesn’t require government bodies to change their point of view in any way. They simple have to demonstrate that they collected the information and performed the consultation.

An exercise in rubber-stamping.

I hope you don’t lose your park.

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