Owen Temple

Readers of this blog are likely to be aware that I have had an interest in Project Genesis for some time, and have attempted to get the Audit Committee of Derwentside District Council to evaluate the project to date as well as looking at its future as we move into a unitary authority. I haven’t succeeded so far, but have sought again to have it included in the June meeting so watch this space!

Some people may think I am a bit one sided in my view which is that anything which is not naturally transparent needs to be held up to the light if you’re to see through it. So just to show how keen I am to see things from all sides I attach a file 2008_06_11_22_00_04.pdf with the official story of the project up to 2003 which you can also view at http://www.derwentside.gov.uk/getmedia.cfm?mediaid=1023 pages 10 & 11.

It’s worth reading because it sets out clearly what the council saw as the achievements of the project back in 2003 - and also reminds us that it hasn’t noticeably kept its promise in the last paragraph; “the Council will - as always - keep the public informed.”

In the interests of keeping you informed, tomorrow I’ll be publishing the map of the original master plan. I know you’ll look forward to that. And no doubt you’ll make your own judgements about how effectively the Trust, on which the Council has been represented, has supervised the amendments to the Master Plan.