Letter to Councillor Claus

Written By Henry Lamprecht

Dear Councillor Claus,

My name is Henry and I have been a very good boy this year. Don’t worry, I am not going to ask you for a puppy or a X-box.

I have helped lots and lots and lots of people to get planning permissions for homes and logistics centres and solar farms and supermarkets and even a hotel. This helped lots and lots of people to get a home of their own and a job and sustainable energy and somewhere to buy their food and to stay when they go away.

I will cut to the chase, here is my little list of things I want:

  • I want Councillors to READ and UNDERSTAND the new NPPF.

  • I want Councillors to make a Local Plan

  • I want Councillors to realise that their housing target is NOT optional

  • I want Councillors on Planning Committees to follow the law and do their job

  • I want Councillors to talk to us and help us make the plans that will benefit the people they represent

  • I want more Planning Officers (good ones, not rubbish ones)

  • I want Parliament to pass the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

  • I want people to stop saying we can’t build 1.5 million homes before they even tried

  • I want everyone to work REALLY hard to build the 1.5 million homes

  • I want us to build more solar and wind farms

  • I want us to build more places where people can work

  • We want more infrastructure and we can provide it!

I promise that next year we will work even harder to help people get planning permissions and do our little bit to make our country a better place.

Lots of love,

Henry

PS. I would like to tell you about the elves that work with me. They are so good and they have so much first-hand knowledge to help people get planning permissions.

  • Duncan Enright – a Labour Deputy Leader of a Council

  • Ian Ward – a former Labour Council Leader

  • Denise Hyland – a Labour Cabinet Member

  • Ian Thorn – a LibDem Council group Leader

  • Sue Doughty - a former LibDem MP

  • Tumi Hawkins – a LibDem Cabinet Member

  • Morgan Rise – a LibDem Deputy Leader

  • Paul Seeby – a Conservative Cabinet Member

  • Mark Shaw – a former Conservative Deputy Leader

  • Chris Loder – a former Conservative MP

  • James Mills – a former Conservative Council Leader

  • Richard Barnes – a former Conservative Council Leader and Deputy Mayor

  • Phélim Mac Cafferty – a former Green Council Leader

  • John Anderson – our man in the North West

  • Will Borwick – an expert in consultation with a lot of political knowledge

  • Fred Attewill – a very experienced journalist with a planning degree

  • Bill Cotton – a former director of a Council

  • Sarita Gouws – our head elf that knows everything about PR

  • James Passmore – the research and investigation elf

Henry Lamprecht
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