LETTER: Chesterfield planning department priorities are all wrong

I saw in the DT that Chesterfield Borough Council and James Holmes are in another spat over the signage that he put up on the centre of the building that he owns.

The Council say that he has not sought permission for the advertisements, and he says he hasn’t applied for permission because the Council won’t give it to him.

The giant flags at the front of the building will be staying while the other signage is temporary, said property owner and developer James Holmes.placeholder image
The giant flags at the front of the building will be staying while the other signage is temporary, said property owner and developer James Holmes.

The Planning Department are more than happy to grant planning permission for people in the town to build what amounts to ugly eyesores – yet they go after James Holmes every chance they get.

I didn’t see which Political Party he was promoting, however, given what has emerged after the elections, Reform UK have left Labour where they deserve to be, trailing way behind.

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