SWRDA want to build a fence

A switched-on local resident noticed this:

http://www.mendip.gov.uk/pods/AppInfo.asp?AppNo=109156/031

The grid reference in the application is right in the middle of this map: very close to the occupied buildings.


So what does it mean? Johnny Heriz-Smith, a local architect who has followed the Morlands sorry mess pile of rubble debacle for many years, kindly interprets:

"[This is] an application to protect the three sets of buildings recognised as worth retaining with improved palisade fencing. This may well be in response to a fire they had prior to christmas which rendered one of the buildings too dangerous to retain - this I believe is true. Logic would dictate that any building that they are not going to protect in the same way will be demolished. In other words the decision to demolish would have been tied in with increasing the level of protection of the other buildings.

This may follow a genuine assessment of their risks."

He explains further:

"The application details are:

Application Number 109156/031
Application Description - Erection of security fencing around existing buildings (BOARD)

'BOARD' means that the decision will go before the planning board, which is open to the public, although only one person can speak for and one against it, if they so wish"

Interesting. The application was received on 22 December 2008 - well before the protest started - so it's not in response to the occupation. However, planning decisions require consultation and it remains to be seen if SWRDA's ears are still plugged up with huge piles of (our) banknotes...