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Paul
You make it clear in your posting above that you are in close contact with the three Directors of CGI and therefore you will know from their Company reports that:
viii The Company has borrowed heavily to finance the acquisition and development of the Sites. As is normal, Israel Discount Bank, which has provided the finance to the Company, has reserved the right to demand repayment of all advances made by it to the Company at any time.
Second, besides the £20K that DDC have earmarked to be spent on legal costs to transfer land at Western heights to CGI (gratis?).
You will also know that they have spent time - at Council Taxpayers expense to advise CGI on what to include in the final application, for instance, with regards to the introduction, the DDC planning officer advised, and I quote from DDC's reply to the CGI Scoping document:
'Introduction (1.1 - 1.16)
Reference should be at para 1.2 to the Western Heights being within a scheduled Ancient Monument and Conservation area and at 1.3 to Farthingloe being within an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Paragraphs 1.9 & 1.10 refer to the development falling under Section 2 Part 10b of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning Regulations. As the development falls outside the urban area of Dover and much of it is within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), it is questioned whether this would be the appropriate reference as the proposal is not an 'urban development project' per se.
Just think ... how far would that £20K of Council Taxpayers money gone towards improving Western Heights?
Plus the amount of Council Taxpayers Money wasted using DDC's planning officer's expertise - when they should have been looking after the interests of the District - to ensure that CGI put forward an 'acceptable case' that can be justifiably given consent. Cost - in the region of £10K
Together - we are looking at £30K, this could have been matched for the Lottery Fund ... making £60K.
Then we have the philanthropists - such as the David Pearl from London. Perhaps if time had been spent chasing them up as has been spent sticking up for CGI - then the outcome would be positive - Dover's NATIONAL MONUMENT and ARTHURIAN valley would be saved.
As it is ... with a great deal of help from those who should know better, more nails will be knocked into Dover's coffin
Lorraine