PCATS funds - the poll

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Pal of Porty]

[Pal of Porty]

[foxy]

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Cynthia]

[kittywink]

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Dadaist]

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Dadaist]

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Dadaist]

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Graham Kitchener]

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Graham Kitchener]

[Porty]

[Dadaist]

[Bob Jefferson]

Dada, I think you underestimate the complexity of the situation. We are now in the realm of accusations about accusations about misappropriation of funds. It involves PFANS, PPAG, PCATS and second-hand accounts of a meeting I and several other forum members attended. It's all Chinese whispers of course but some people seem to enjoy it.

Wasn't it that French bloke who used to play for Chelsea that started all this business?

[Dadaist]

[Porty]

[Gemini]

[Graham Kitchener]

[Porty]

[Porty]

[Stephen McIntyre]

I want to share with you all the proposal that I put to both Stephen Hawkins who I know does represent PCATS and Robert Gatliff the chairman of Portobello Community Council. I have attempted to engage the latter in a third-party role which I believe is neccessary. To date I have heard from neither party although to be fair on Robert he may or may not have collected the two emails that I sent him? I have shared this proposal with a number of other people and I have a number of supportive emails from those that share my concerns. I will post the proposal on the PCATS Poll thread, which has had a low response.

I would appreciate any feedback, positive or negative, for or against and if someone has a better solution a tweak will also be welcomed

Tuesday, 02 May 2006

Memo to: Stephen Hawkins and PCATS Committee

From: Stephen McIntyre, The Mortgage People

Subject: PCATS funds


Stephen,

Further to our meeting at my office on April 28th 2006 and our exchange of views, I thought it valuable to detail my suggested strategy for the remaining PCATS funds, which were raised on the following basis:

[b]“Portobello Campaign Against The Superstore is a group of people who have got together to fight the proposed Superstore on the Scottish Power Site. The Group was set up by residents, following on from a successful petition started by traders. The Group is not aligned to any political party and anyone who is opposed to the Superstore Development on this site is welcome to join. Anyone who is committed to opposing the Planned Superstore can receive information from the Campaign..â€

[Lawrence Marshall]

... I've only briefly skimmed this thread but my own view would be that it's a bit premature to be thinking of dispersing the proceeds left in the PCATS kitty.
BL Developments seem to be behaving excellently in terms of community consultation - though I've been advised not to meet with them just now under the Ethical Standards in Public Life code! - but the area to be "masterplanned" also includes land in the Baileyfield Industrial Estate where it seems that Duddingston House Properties (the previous owners of the superstore site) have some degree of proposed interest. This may be for something other than a superstore but I think that until this is clarified and the development brief - which will guide future planning applications - is finalised, it would be better to keep our options open.

[Dadaist]

Lawrence - what if the development brief, when finalised, says that this or that bit of land in the environs could have retail use - does that make planning permission for a DHP-involved outlet more likely to be given the nod?

Do you know any detail about the involvement of DHP other than that they "seem to" have a "degree" of "proposed interest"?

Is there a difference between a development brief and a masterplan?

In addition to advising that they do not disperse funds prematurely and thus keep their options open, how else would you advise PCATS to go about ensuring they keep stopping the supermarket in the context of the masterplan and the continued involvement of DHP?

[Stephen McIntyre]

[Rex_Mundi]

[Porty]

[jimann]