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Originally Posted by Slava
But what's the point of that? Like in this example, they asked for input and got it. There were about 2700 responses, 6 of which were in favour and they're rolling ahead anyway. Why bother asking for the opinions of people if you plan to just ignore them anyway?
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I'll give you an example. Shawnee Slopes was a hotly contested development that went ahead despite the overwhelmingly negative comments received on it. However, it didn't look the same as the original plan. They didn't cancel it because of the comments, but they did change things to mitigate the issues. I can see the same thing happening here. This approval was about the sale of the land. I don't belive it was a referendum on the entire project layout.
Public consultation isn't a guarantee that every piece of feedback gets implemented, but it does guide next steps regardless of how little you feel you were heard.