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  Precisely Howard! Anyway I've just e-mailed the Planning Department at the Fort with the following so I'll keep you posted.
  
  'Dear Sir,
  
  I see from the local paper that DDC, in their infinite wisdom, have
  put another £25,000 of our money to ensure that 'development and
  privatisation of the Port of Dover does not scupper plans for town
  regeneration (sic) or hit promises for a shareholding community
  trust'.
  
  Apparently £25,000 was already agreed in February and the council has
  already spent £45,111 on legal advice.
  
  I would have thought that the experts in your department with their
  knowledge of the minutiae of planning regulations would have been the
  ideal chaps (and chapesses) to answer any questions from the council
  without recourse to hiring 'legal advice'.
  
  Were you approached? What is the level of legal expertise in your
  office relating to planning? If so what were the questions that were
  too hard for you to give an answer to?
  
  I would be grateful for a reply soonest so that I can promulgate your
  answer to other concerned Council Tax payers and to save me the hassle
  of recourse to FOI.
  
  Thanks
  
  Bob Frost
  
  p.s. Any update on the e-mail I sent to Darran Solley (Senior
  Horticultural Officer) the other week about siting of the new cemetery
  for Dover. He replied that he had noted my comments (which was nice),
  but I had actually asked a couple of questions to which I am still
  awaiting a reply.'

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