Something
that has been reported more than once is that influential offenders against planning
conditions are tipped off by Bexley council before they carry out an inspection.
No one has ever been able to provide documentary evidence so such reports are not a
lot of use, but last week something happened which suggests there may be some truth
in the stories.
The first photo on the left was taken on my
first
visit to the ‘fairy grotto’ garden. It shows the complainant’s garden
buildings to be a worse eyesore than the lady Bexley council has been hounding.
The following day
I showed it and some similar ones to the council inspector,
John Waring. The rubbish has been on the shed roof for a year or more but by one
of those strange coincidences, less than a week later it was taken away.
If it wasn’t a coincidence it would have been because the untidy garden owner
had seen the pictures here or Bexley council had tipped him off that having a
less tidy garden than the neighbour he was complaining about might not do his case any good.
While I was taking the photos of the rubbish removal someone asked if I was the
victim’s solicitor. I said “No” and briefly explained what I was doing. At the
time I was unaware that person was the complaining neighbour but he didn’t have a clue
what I was talking about or anything of this website; so it seems reasonable
to conclude that the rubbish removal was a huge coincidence or Bexley council
does indeed take sides and assist those with which it has links or against
those who have criticised it in the past.
The scrap men were of East European origin. It looked as though they had
recently acquired the truck from a North London electrical contractor. Maybe
Bexley council could check the truck out and if the owners have no waste licence, prosecute
the complaining neighbour for illegal waste disposal. The vehicle registration
number and other details are clearly visible on the larger photos.