Following Adam Price's promise to the residents of Carmarthenshire that he would request that the Audit Commission investigate Carmarthenshire County Council Planning department, this news article from West Lindsey, Lincolnshire caught my eye, 'Fraud Probe into District Planning Service'
Pehaps some brave soul blew the whistle. It seems an investigation is well underway by the Audit Commission into suspected 'fraud and mismangement' in this department, the police are also involved. One 'manager' from the department has already been suspended. A local councillor, Kristen Smith, has blogged about this, here and here and includes a handy link to the council minutes where the investigation (public and press excluded - of course!) was sanctioned. However, the details are unknown due to a council imposed gagging order.
There are parallels to be drawn here and the people of Carmarthenshire deserve no less than the same. An urgent, thorough and I hope public investigation into the governance and ethics (to be polite) of the planning department in our county is long overdue.
I shall be writing to Adam Price in the near future to see if he's as good as his word.
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