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Durham Case Study questions transparency

the soldiers are gone but the tank tracks remain

 This is where it is proposed to extinguish the footpath
- a situation that could perhaps have been avoided if the public had been involved at an earlier stage. 

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A south - westerly view towards Barnard Castle

2004 - November
The following brief quotes are from page 18 of the Durham University Case Study Report:
 
'One very visible difficulty relating to effective public engagement has been the Stainton Grove controversy.' 
 
'While a wide range of issues converged in this controversy, more active public engagement at an early stage … would undoubtedly have helped.'
 
'A further potential issue returns to the complex relations of dependence involved. The planning application formally came from Premier, owned by the county council, … and the planning application was considered by the county council.'
 
'In such a situation, the processes in place to prevent any conflict of interests must be fully transparent to the people affected.' (23 & 237-9)

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'There has not been any consultation with the people of Stainton Grove, which was promised by

Durham County Council' - a Teesdale District Councillor. (81) Darlington & Stockton Times, August 9 2002

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Our heritage is who we are today; we are the only ones who can protect it.

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The law locks up the man or woman,
Who steals the goose from off the common,
But leaves the greater villain loose,
Who steals the common from the goose.

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