The planning application for Old Road Campus was accepted by the relevant Planning Committee, despite my concerns. It was then called in, with Ruth’s support, and so it now goes to Planning Review Committee on 31st August. The covering report from Planning officers is now on-line — and, for anyone who knows or cares about the area, it makes depressing reading. No increase in financial contributions acceptable, no condition allowed to ensure it is not open until more residents’ parking zones are in place, no further work to improve screening. It seems like positions are becoming entrenched: the University, presumably advised by the planners, on one side, and the local community on the other. Not what we wanted to see.