THE Gravesham Council regulatory board declined on the advice of its planning officers the retrospective planning application by travellers to create a mobile home/caravan park in the middle of the green belt.
Around 150 residents attended the meeting. They had every right to expect all their elected representatives on the regulatory board to speak strongly against the application.
I believe they must have been as disappointed as I was to listen to a highly-politicised debate on the part of some of the Labour group.
They seemed more intent in scoring points off me and Kent County Council than giving the message these types of invasions are unacceptable to tax-paying law-abiding residents.
Michael Snelling Leader of Gravesham Conservatives and Kent County councillor
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