Many often ask: why chief of planning Phil Mason?

Apart from the litany of errors, the tampering with reports, the arrogance towards members of the Cornish public and almost all parish councils, as well as many cornwall councillors, this is what one senior and well respected Cornwall councillor wrote about him recently: "This man is one of the main contributors to the "not fit for purpose culture" which exists within the Unitary Authority today; a shameful shambles, if ever there was one, that hides behind an undemocratic delegation agreement, where mismanagement of our money and the questionable control of planning are high on the list of culprits."