Quote: Sandal Wild Cat "If you were to answer like that you wouldn't last 2 minutes under cross examination.
What loss of amenity? You are not entitled to anything as far as the amenity goes.
Everything else could be mediated. Do you really think that YK will just be sitting back until the PI? I know for a fact they have been working very closely with the HA (the biggest obstacle- including LCC), so it is likely that the HA direction will be lifted before the PI.
NM will happen, mark my words.'"
The reason I have not answered you specific points is because you took my post our of context, I was not saying that their were not counter measures for their arguments. The point I was making was that the people objecting on the Whole are LOCAL to the site weather living in Leeds Or Wakefield they live LOCALLY to the site. I also stated that both groups of people for and against can say all they want ultimately it will be decided on planning Law. I was using the amenity example of genuine grounds that LOCAL people have to object on.
As for lasting two minutes under cross examination, I would take my chances, for example if a councillor had made the argument about pit trucks running up and down the roads 10 years ago, I would have asked him what the site had been before and after the pit, and what relevance that has now. As for increased bus services I would have asked him to show me the evidence of this, or what measures he was going to put in place to make sure the plan was adhered to.
But hey what do I know, your probably right they probably just called it in for enquiry because they don't like Wakefield and not because they have serious concerns.
As for "This is war" "we are Wakefield " and the rest of it, they are just meaningless words.