Standish voice the truth

So lets go back to the beginning when we had all these houses being proposed for Standish and the residents fighting the council's proposals. Where was this so called Standish Voice? No where it hadn't been formed. Where was the guy behind setting up Standish Voice - Paul Ogden? Nowhere. The reason was he lives on Pepper Lane  and he wasn't bothered about all the houses and mess it would cause as he is a Labour support and didn't think he would be effected.

Now then we fast forward to the bit when the housing sites are set and then a link road comes into the frame. This link road comes out at the side of his house on pepper Lane. Mr Ogden now sets up SABLR - Stop Almond Brook Link Rd. You may have seen the signs on Pepper Lane. Then when that didn't work he came up with this idea of a Neighbourhood plan to try and move the road. Reason many said he was only bothered about the link rd and not about Standish. He even told me at the Foresters where we were meeting and he said that this link road would effect the value and sale-ability of his house now. True!

So we have this Labour Quango Standish Voice and here he is saying he wants to stop the houses but it's all a front. If you look at this planning application on Wigan Council Website - A/18/85091/CU -you will see his houses is getting more land and having a bigger garden and also a garage built. Guess who is the applicant -Bloor Homes. Mr Ogden has also just had his drive done by them and a new kitchen has also popped along - so \I am told. Now then if Mr Ogden truly wanted to run this Standish Voice for the benefit of residents of Standish and stop housing developments why his he getting things from a developer? Truth is he is only bothered about himself. In fact this so called neighbourhood plan that they keep harping on about will show more sites for houses to come into Standish - they don't tell you about that.

Mr Ogden and his wife should immediately stand down from Standish Voice and the committee as it is clear they do not have the interest of Standish at heart only themselves.

What is also interesting about this guy is he is some deputy editor or something at the Manchester Evening News and they didn't even cover the Bryn By Election and the dramatic story that stopped it. I am sure he wouldn't have wanted to upset his mates at Labour Wigan Council with the huge embarrassment that it caused them!