In one of their responses on the subject of TAN20, Cllr Anon said with an air of authority, "Carmarthenshire County Council gave their consultation response in 2011", before suggesting that Carwyn Jones's recent request for fresh responses could be open to legal challenge.
As we know, the official consultation ended on 11 June 2011, since when the whole thing has been gathering dust in some dark basement in Cardiff.
The document which invited interested parties to respond to the consultation said:
The Welsh Assembly Government intends to publish a summary of the responses to this document. We may also publish responses in full. Normally, the name and address (or part of the address) of the person or organisation who sent the response are published with the response. This helps to show that the consultation was carried out properly...
Cneifiwr was unable to find the promised published responses anywhere, so he asked the Welsh Government to point him in the right direction.
Back came a response that the original responses were "currently not stored online", but a consultation report would be published along with the revised TAN20 in the autumn.
So whether Carmarthenshire County Council really did respond to the original consultation, and what it said if it did is not known.
Anyone interested in finding out may wish to make a freedom of information request.
Anyone interested in finding out may wish to make a freedom of information request.
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