[Misc] Employment Law and Planning Permission?

[Whoislloydy]

No they can't, as the applicant they have no say in what the city accepts as a valid reason. Also, you can object anonymously.

 

[brighton terra]

No they can't, as the applicant they have no say in what the city accepts as a valid reason. Also, you can object anonymously.

You cannot object anonymously. Your name will be displayed, but your signature, address and telephone number will be redacted. This is set out in the Local Government Act 2000.

 

[1066familyman]

They might try that argument. Would not succeed, imo. May not stop them threatening the employee with it if they were that determined.

Let's suppose, for a minute, the employee worked for a supermarket. The supermarket put in a planning application for extra car parking space. Some employees felt that the resulting extra traffic, should the application be successful, would compromise the safety of customers and staff entering and exiting the supermarket, especially pedestrians and cyclists.

Previously employees had publicly objected to previous applications and the applications had been rejected. The employer then informs the employees they will be re-submitting revised planning applications and any employees objecting this time around will be considered to be committing gross misconduct.

How might that work out do you think?, should employees persist with their public objections.

 

[1066familyman]

You cannot object anonymously. Your name will be displayed, but your signature, address and telephone number will be redacted. This is set out in the Local Government Act 2000.

Quite.

 

[folkestonesgull]

Just get someone else to write in raising the issues you want to raise if you want to remain anonymous.
Ultimately there won't be anything you will say that they won't be aware of anyway if the officer knows how to do their job...

 

[Goldstone1976]

Let's suppose, for a minute, the employee worked for a supermarket. The supermarket put in a planning application for extra car parking space. Some employees felt that the resulting extra traffic, should the application be successful, would compromise the safety of customers and staff entering and exiting the supermarket, especially pedestrians and cyclists.

Previously employees had publicly objected to previous applications and the applications had been rejected. The employer then informs the employees they will be re-submitting revised planning applications and any employees objecting this time around will be considered to be committing gross misconduct.

How might that work out do you think?, should employees persist with their public objections.

I think that if any of what you post can be proved, ideally in writing, then the person who wrote the email (and the company, if it can be similarly proved they knew/authorised said communication) would be in a world of pain should, say, a whistleblower err blew the whistle. They’d be in an even worse position if the employee(s) objected and the employer then tried to enforce gross misconduct.

However, obviously, the employee(s) employment prospects with that employer would be trashed. Also, the employee shouldn’t expect glowing references.

The employee(s) would have to have cojones of steel to resist and they should also ask themselves whether it’s really worth the pain of the process. However, if they did decide it was, then I believe they’d win any legal case/tribunal claim.

NB: the employee(s) should take proper legal advice before taking action and not rely on the thoughts of some random bloke off t’internet.