Well actually it appears that the local council did not tell us about Darringfield because when they were told on the 11th of January, someone in the Department of Communities and Local Government asked them not to pass it on.
Thankfully if officers at Selby District were asked not to they chose to do the right thing and informed elected members, in any case Selby MP John Grogan issued a press release on the 15th of January and as people say further oop north "there was a rabbit away".
So why would a Labour controlled council, with a Labour Minister whose constituency is ground zero, who was then sponsoring Minister for Eco-Towns one of the first projects announced by the lovely Gordon, our new Labour Prime Minister and general good egg, not tell the people and elected members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council about a proposal for a new town of up to 20000 new homes and 40,000+ new people, which if built could cause a collapse of a fragile infrastructure, an overcrowding of local roads and would mean that a new hospital that is not due to open until 2010 is already not fit for purpose?
Could it be the local elections in May?
Well your guess is probably as good as mine!
I may know more about this soon as Philip and I have been offered a briefing on Monday night.
Undoubtedly there is more to come on the saga of Darringfield and Eco-Towns.
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