1st Sept 2008: SECOND PLANNING INQUIRY FINALLY CLOSES.

The planning inquiry into Western Power's fourth planning application to build a housing estate on the site of Llanishen reservoir formally ended on Friday 29th August.  Although the bulk of the inquiry happened in late May / early June, the inquiry ran out of time and had to reconvene for the formal summing-up by each party.  In closing the inquiry, the Planning Inspector, Mr. Richard Poppleton, said that he hoped to submit his recommendation to the Welsh Assembly Government around the beginning of November 2008. After this the WAG Planning Minister, Ms. Jane Davidson AM, must come to a decision taking the inspector's recommendations into account.  We may know the result by the end of the year.