Tingley McDonalds and a Public Inquiry





Residents and Councillors worked together to block Tingley McDonalds Take-away Plan

  Morley Borough Independent Councillors have pledged to continue to support the community campaign opposing the plan for a McDonalds take-away at Tingley. The pledge follows confirmation that the recent refusal of planning permission will be considered at a Public Inquiry.

Cllr Judith Elliott says this application will go to a full Public Inquiry which will consider the refusal decision. This will be similar to last year’s Public Inquiry that looked at Cottingley Springs and we will be adopting a similar approach.

At the Public Inquiry for Cottingley Springs we joined with residents as a Rule 6 party, a special designation agreed by the Planning Inspectorate. This gave the group the right to cross examine the proposers of the application and provide evidence directly to the Planning Inspector.

We will be meeting with the Tingley McDonalds Group and Tingley residents shortly to propose this approach as the way forward. It is important that we continue to be unified and we work closely together to defeat McDonalds at this appeal.