Inquiry into building of Brick Veil Mosque cost Preston's tax payers £20,000 in legal fees as row continues
Councillors originally deferred a decision on the plans in July 2021 pending the outcome of the competition.A Preston city councillor who, separately to Ben Wallace, also submitted a call-in request over the authority’s decision to approve the Broughton mosque said that he had simply pursued an option available within the planning system for just the sort of scenario with which he was confronted.
“And yet…significant weight was put on the aesthetics of the building and that is why, seemingly, the decision was made in favour [of approval]. My question is how you can jump from a legitimate case being put by parishioners and voters, questioning why this council made a decision in direct contravention of numerous planning policies…[to] suddenly think[ing] there are nefarious issues going on between cabinet ministers.
Cllr Borrow said that he took particular “comfort” from the fact that the city council’s stance in that regard had been supported by the planning inspector who chaired the public inquiry and the government which subsequently agreed with his recommendation to uphold the decision to grant planning permission.
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