Yesterday (Wednesday 25th March) the Conservative appointed planning inspector passed yet another 119 houses for Standish, on top of the 2,000 houses that have already been passed.
A few years ago Standish Voice said for residents to vote in their neighbourhood plan, as it would stop more houses from being built. As we saw yesterday, it hasn't, this is because their neighbourhood plan isn't worth the paper it is written on.
I have not been a Cllr now for 5 yrs, so the decision that was taken yesterday is over 5 yrs since I was a Cllr and yet Standish Voice have come out saying it is all my fault....lol. It is laughable. Here is how Standish Voice fail to take ownership of their own failings.
Residents will see the facts - I have not been a Cllr for 5 yrs. The decision was taken 5 yrs after I left office and even the Labour Controlled had turned this decision down, so on earth does Standish Voce founder _ Paul Ogden ( more on him in a min) think residents will believe that when the Council turned it down I could pass it? It shows the desperation that Standish Vice founder will go to.
In another piece of evidence, many will have seen Standish Voice recently begging, yes begging, for Wigan Council not to pass any more houses in Standish. Why would they need to go hands and knees begging for no more houses if their neighbourhood plan stoped houses?
Also, Standish Voice says they are not political but yet continue to attach Standish Independents if they are not political? Many residents are now questioning this as it is so blatant. A few years ago a Labour Cllr left an internal document on a photocopier that says how Labour must infiltrate and run community groups. This is clear as day for Standish Voice.
I did say more on Standish Voice Paul Ogden earlier in the blog post. A staunch Labour Support ( which is absolutely fine each and everyone should be able to support who they wish - no concerns there). But Mr paul Ogden DIDNOT oppose any of the thousands of houses that have been passed until - wait for it - till the link road came out at the side of his house and then he was incensed that the value of his property would go down. Then he set up Standish Voice to try and disguise trick and use it as a vehicle to stop the link road coming out of the side of his house and move it - wait for it - to another street, so these residents got all the traffic and hot him.
But it gets better Standish Voice founder Paul Ogden fails to tell and inform the good people of Standish how he has personally financially gained from the houses coming to Standish. Here is a blog post that I wrote about that.
As for the 119 houses that were passed yesterday, it is sad that Standish keeps getting dumped on only with all these houses and it is now more than ever need that we have a by-pass that we have been calling for, for years. But Standish Voice does not support this call that many residents are asking for.
Please sign the petition calling for a by-pass here.
(Picture of Standish Voice Founder Paul Ogden).
