We are glad that more than 3,000 people have supported our petition now which shows the strength of feeling of the local community against this development.

The public inquiry into Westbrook's appeal against the city council's refusal of planning permission will begin on 12th May and is expected to last for 6-7 days.

Both Westbrook and the city council will be represented by leading planning lawyers at the inquiry and interested parties will be permitted to speak at the inquiry and put their objections to the Planning Inspector.

The Planning Inspector will prepare a report with his own recommendations to the Secretary of State by the end of August and a final decision will be taken by the minister balancing the relevant planning guidance against the public interest.

In announcing the decision to refer the decision to the Secretary of State, the Planning Inspectorate stated: "the appeal involves proposals for the development of over 150 units or on sites of over 5 hectares, which would significantly impact on the Government's objectives to secure a better balance between housing demand and supply and create high quality, sustainable, mixed and inclusive communities."

Objectors have made it clear that Westbrook's plans do not create a "high quality, sustainable, mixed and inclusive" community but destroy an existing community in pursuit of their hotel expansion plans and profit objectives.

Please continue to circulate this petition to your friends and associates on social media like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and we are very grateful to all of you who have made generous financial contributions to promote this petition on change.org

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Thank you!

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