The front page of this week's edition is dominated by the story about Dr Nigel Butler's plans to build a two storey surgery on the 1.4 acre piece of Green Belt land at Deal Tree corner in Doddinghurst, despite the serious concerns from local residents about the traffic and parking problems that will be caused by the extra patients the new surgery plans to attract.
The piece goes on to report how the extra services are being provided with a view to making more money for the surgery and highlights the fact that the lack of car parking would lead to cars spilling out onto Blackmore Road which is already a busy and dangerous road.
The article ends with a comment from Doddinghurst councillor, Keith Parker. Only a few days ago he said that only two people were against the proposed new surgery and, when asked, failed to give a commitment that he would seek to have the application referred to the Planning Committee if planning officers approved it.
The good news is that, thanks presumably to pressure from those he was elected to represent, Cllr Parker is now reported in the Weekly News as saying that the application should be discussed by the Planning Committee given that it is "such a big issue for the local community".
You can read the full story here.
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