The Environment Agency has wilfully burnt its way through well in excess of £500,000, lost a case at the High Court where it admitted to acting illegally, dissembled and delayed and certain officials have clearly conspired to pervert proper process taking place. All over a licence that costs £150 and is a stepping stone to local authority planning permission - which hasn't even started yet....
The hubris and flagrant disregard for statutory duty displayed by these civil servants has been truly epic.
That to date no persons have been held to account over the toxic mess of irrational, arbitrary and perverse activities perpetrated by the EA at Avoncliff is a true indictment of our increasingly dysfunctional public institutions. That no environmental pressure group has even squeaked about the EA messing up make it clear that he who pays the piper calls the tune principle is in operation.
In the meantime the EA have messed up the second round of determination and are busying themselves with what they seem to do best:
Three years what an earth are they playing at MY GOD !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWELL 12 MONTHS SINCE THE QUASH OF THE ILLEGAL LICENCE. SIX MONTHS SINCE THE HIGH COURT JUDGE SIGNED IT. THERE IS NO RUSH, GREEN POWER OR STATUARY DUTY DO NOT COME INTO IT .YOU JUST NEED THE RIGHT COLOUR EYES . TRIED GOD HE IS TO BUSY --- KEEP YOU UPDATED ---
DeleteIts easy to waste tax payers money,not fit for purpose David cameron should stop this waste, sort them out, or shut them down. The EA should Man Up and put right what they have done wrong, and deal with the officers who created this situation. Simon [Bath]
ReplyDeleteThere really should be some consequences for the officials who've done this. If they were in real life rather than government employ - they'd have been P45'd ages ago.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened about that "other scheme" mentioned on this blog? Can we have further evidence of EA misdeeds?
ReplyDeleteComplain to this guy
ReplyDeleteI THOUGHT THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WERE THE GOOD GUYS JUST SHOWS HOW MANY PROBLEMS AND WASTE WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABILITY
ReplyDeleteTHERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY ALL THE OFFICERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN OUR ALLEGATIONS. THEY CONTINUE TO HOLD THEIR JOBS NEVER MIND THE QUASHED LICENCE---THEIR MANIPULATION OF LICENCES NOT ONLY OURS NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY---THEY NEED THE SACK FOR THE LIES AND MISDEEDS---MANY JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST AND THE WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY GOES ON.
DeleteWhat a waste of pubic money just goes to show no wonder the country is F-------D not just the BANKERS Love the website cant wait for the outcome ??????
ReplyDeleteNO not just the bankers MOST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCY'S the Environment Agency just the little HITLERS
ReplyDeleteThe last Labour Government came up with a wonderful way of describing failing government departments "Not fit for purpose" a true description of the Environment Agency (EA).
ReplyDeleteWe are told that the EA is to be reviewed / disbanded and probably combined with British Waterways in 2014. I am reliably informed the EA is in the process of splitting off all the Welsh responsibility so that it comes under the Welsh Assembly. Cynically this is one way of securing the jobs of those working in Wales. There is no finalised name for the new Welsh agency. In Scotland it is called SEPA generally pronounced See-Pa. I somehow doubt that in Wales it will be called WEPA pronounced Wee-Pa. As it already makes people weep it would not require any rebranding which would reduce the cost, not something government departments know how to do, especially re-organising 2 years before a planned major re-organisation. It would make a good newspaper headline "WEPA has them WEEPING"
WELL LIKE IT OR NOT THEY HAVE A DUTY TO GET IT RIGHT BUT 3 YEARS AND ALL THIS MONEY WHO ON EARTH IS RUNNING THE SHOW THOUGHT WE HAD A COMMITMENT ON GREEN ENERGY
ReplyDeleteNO THE ONLY COMMITMENT THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY HAVE IS TO LIE, MALL-ADMINISTER, CONSPIRE NOT TO PERFORM THEIR STATUARY DUTY,AND BREAK THEIR CODE OF CONDUCT, THEN THROW INTO THE MIX AS MUCH PUBLIC MONEY AND TIME AS POSSIBLE, ALL FOR A £150 WATER LICENCE TO PRODUCE GREEN POWER ---KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE WEBSITE---
DeleteConfused the other licence has gone so why are they not issuing you a licence ??????????????
ReplyDeleteConfused so the other licence has gone at great expense so why are they not issuing you a licence
ReplyDeleteWhat is the problem or is green energy not important keep blogging give us more info
ReplyDeleteWELL KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE WEBSITE. IT WILL BE HOTTING UP VERY SOON YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU AMUSED YOU CAN READ IT ALL
DeleteI had involvement the community project all sounds very similar, the ENVIRONMENT AGENCY screwing around with fair process. Looks like the same people or officers are involved i will check with company we were using. They screwed us at appeal looks like you took it further, well done. Very interesting. I WILL BE BACK
ReplyDeleteEASY TO GUESS YOU MUST BE TALKING ABOUT PER-SHORE YES THERE ARE MANY SIMILARITIES WITH OFFICERS AND AGENTS VERY BIZARRE WE HAVE GRAVE SUSPICIONS.-- WE DO NOT THINK IT WAS MONEY BUT MANY PEOPLE WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE UPLOAD MORE INFO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE WEBSITE
DeleteThree years to issue an illegal licence. Well guys the problem is WEAVERS MILL has been promised a licence that's the hiccup TO MUCH BUDDY BUDDY it seems you need to be in the HYDRO click good luck ......
ReplyDeleteWOW the mill looks great from the river bank tin shed nearly gone can you please give more info on the web site,cant believe the crap you have had to put up with from the EA. From the outside looking in it is clear the best location for a turbine is north mill deep side of river, secure location,easier access,it seems clear that the turbine proposed is a well trusted and very efficient and fish freindly SO WHAT IS THE ISSUE ??? weavers is a crazy location with access issues HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FIT A HOME BUILT TURBINE IE CONCRETE etc DIY.So it seems clear the EA do not want to give north mill the licence as it will make them look incompitent, they should do the right thing and give the licence to north mill with an apology for the officers concerned behaviour 3years is crazy. TIM from BATH
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