I doubt it yesterdays events came as any shock to any of us, the only thing most of us felt was the terrible realisation that what we thought would likely happen did, and now we can look forward to a full enquiry and well you lot can guess the outcome. I think it might be worth considering however that the speed with which this fire spread might well have had something to do the wood preservatives and oil soaking into the timbers for many years.
All that said, it might now be time for our councillors to get tough, and do everything in their power to prevent the scenic railway goinig the way of everything else in this town.
I seem to remember one Sandy Ezekiel (and Roger Gale) talking tough, earlier last year, when there was a suggestion of turning the Nayland Rock into a detention centre for failed asylum seekers.
Now you will get the reply from Thanet councillors that its too expensive, its private land blah blah blah, if that's the case why did Thanet council spend what must have been thousands in preparing a planning brief, similar to one made up by some of the sites owners and then give a lot of spin to the following public consultation, presumably if all the cards are with the developers in this town, why not do us all a favour a get rid of the planning department, which could easily be replaced with one clerk a rubber approval stamp and lots of bloody ink.
Perhaps Sandy Ezekiel could explain the role of the planning department and why we waste money on local plans, when all we get is the council agreeing with developers.
Finally if the interest that has been shown in Dreamland in the last day is anything to go by (750+ views of my video in 24 hours), it puts those claims of some, that is you cannot run a viable theme park here in doubt, . Its not that long ago that two million visited each year.
PS we all know what is being said and thought, out in the locality, but whether we agree or not one thing is for sure, comments made via the internet can be traced to source, and there are those who quite rightly have the means and the resources to protect their reputation for what its worth.
Tony,
ReplyDeleteI note your words, you should be aware that TDC is in the process of issuing the required paperwork to get the scenic railway rebuilt.
The planning department has a real control over listed structures, and will ensure that, to the best of all our abilities, the law is maintaned. Trouble is, sometimes the planning inspectors overule us.
Glad to see that you have deleted some of the comments on your previous post. I am sure they were actionable. (not your fault!)