By any reasonable interpretation of the relevant planning policies, the bridge should be refused.
"The minister for planning has not determined whether the wind farm is or is not compliant with the relevant planning permit.
Robert Barlow, 69, sought all the relevant planning permission before building his home 16 years ago in a hilltop village near Bédar, Almería.
Even though its cheapest one-bedroom flats will cost a trifling £595,000 the relevant planning consent requires that 200 of those 808 dwellings are "affordable".
Ministers have carefully considered all the relevant planning issues raised by the application and have concluded that they are content to leave the decision to the local planning authority who are best placed to determine the application".
(I spoke to the relevant planning manager at the time, Ian Coomber, who admits that the politicians were very keen for the project to happen, but says he was comfortable to sign it off).
The report - which can be read in full here - says: "The applications for the redevelopment of the Leeds Girls High School site have been considered against the relevant planning policy criteria and having regard to the receipt of public representations and consultations.
It cannot be assumed or inferred from the departmental advice that Waubra wind farm is not compliant with the relevant planning permit and I seek your co-operation in correcting the public record," the then departmental secretary Andrew Tongue said.
Conservative councillors, who outnumber Labour councillors on the relevant planning committee by three to one, will decide whether the council grants permission for Labour's political gesture to go ahead.
