WILL DRUMMOND INVESTIGATE AS PROMISED - DOUBTFUL

From  Stuart Drummond,  Mayor of Hartlepool 
MONDAY  25TH March 2013.
Dear Mr. Flounders,
I have spoken to the legal department and checked back through the records and it appears you have chosen  NOT to make an Official Complaint  through the Council's Official Complaints Procedure. I understand you have been advised in the past that the complaints procedure would be your best option. 
This option is still open to you if you wish to make an official complaint and I will be happy to send you out further details if you wish to pursue this avenue. 
I briefly explained in my previous email how the different stages of this procedure would work.
I must reiterate that I have absolutely no authority to investigate allegations of a criminal nature and suggest once again that you take those to the police.
Best wishes,
Stuart

MY  answer to the above , POSTED Friday, 29 March 2013 

Dear Stuart Drummond, Mayor of Hartlepool, 
Thank you for your latest reply, received on Monday  25th March 2013, regarding  my Allegations  of Misconduct by Some of your Council Staff  in my Letter  of Friday 22nd March 2013 
It is my Clear  Understanding  from  your letters , that you claim that  “NONE” of my very  Serious  Complaints of Misconduct involving the Planning Officials Richard Trow,  & Mr Reece , Development Control Manager OR  any of my other Allegation of misconduct,  Concerning Alyson Carman, Solicitor &  Complaint Reviewer,  Hilary  Martin Solicitor, &  F.O.I. Officer, & Others , Were never brought  to YOUR  attention, ?

The Truthfulness of  your explanation I  fully accept , without any reservations,  I have no Reasons to doubt the Truth of your Statement, that at NO stage . since August 2008, (My Very First Complaint) were You informed by Your Legal or Planning Departments Employees,  of any of  my Serious Allegations of Misconduct by Hartlepool Council Officials ? 

What I Personally  Find very  difficult if Not  impossible to accept, is  the Accuracy   of your other comments you made,  after Checking through  the Records, You say,  it appears that I have chosen NOT  to  have made an “Official Complaint through the Council’s Official  Complaints Procedure ?
This Statement is Completely and Totally Utter Nonsense, ? Nothing  Could Be Further  From 
The Truth . 
I believe this  is  yet a  another Smoke-Screen, another  attempt to divert attention  away from the Truth  of my Allegations of  Staff Misconduct, ? An attempt to Cover up & kick into the Long Grass the Misconduct of  Members of the Council Staff.

 Hindsight is a Wonderful thing,  Fortunately, I had anticipated  such a  scenario  after I had previously encountered  the Standard reply in answer  to some  of my  embarrassing F.O.I.  Questions & Planning Complaints  to Hartlepool Borough Council, Letters have been LOST, MISPLACED or NEVER RECEIVED etc, etc,  so I deliberately kept  some Copies of  my Correspondence Consisting of Letters, E-Mails  “SENT”  and “RECEIVED” to Hartlepool Borough Council, to Disprove your Statements ?

I am sad to note Your  Failure to accept  my Invitation to Visit my Home & Inspect & Personally see , the Serious Structural Damage to Private Property, by  Cowboy Builders of  the  Unsound  Carbuncle  of the Offending Kitchen Extension, originally built  without Council  Planning Permission or the Property Owners Consent  & Leaving  an Unsafe  &  possible Life threatening situation behind,  of Fire and Explosion, when  they Deliberately BLOCKED -OFF  the Gas Ventilation Ducts  preventing the Escape of Toxic  Gas Fumes to the Outside atmosphere, and Depriving the Legal Owners of the  SAFE USE  of the Detached Outside Washing Facilities ?

I believe that  the Planning Officers on this particular Case, were totally wrong, 
In Spite of a Number of  Clear Contraventions  of all Building & Health & Safety Regulations, & Property Ownership Requirements, it was it was  “GIVEN”  Retrospective Building  Approval by  Richard Trow  Case Planning Officer & Mr Reece Development Control Manager, without any Involvement or Input from the  Planning Committee?- &  Despite Strong Protests from the Legal Owner of the Freehold Property Illegally Built On- Me,--  Unbelievable- -  But True ! 

Building regulations are Statutory Instruments, yet  they  were all Totally  Ignored? Fire Safety, Ignored  Ventilation, Ignored?  Drainage & Waste Disposal Ignored  etc. etc. etc,  Hartlepool  Planning Officers appear  to be Above the Law , they even Ignored the Guidance Notes Handed Down by High Court Judge  Sir Thayne Forbes  on RETROSPECTIVE Planning !

I wish to remind you that my very first letter of Complaint was  Submitted in Writing, and Posted on the  Hartlepool internet  Planning Site, in August 2008  after a meeting with Richard Trow  in Bryan Hanson House,?  To Inspect the Drawings prepared by Richard Trow  himself? for  the Proposed Kitchen Extension. ?  No Conflict of Interest There Then ?

It is also Important to Remember, I had, at a Face-To-Face  Meeting  with ALYSON CARMAN, SOLICITOR, held in the Municipal Offices In December 2008/  January 2009 to Fully Discuss my  Plann Complaintings & Freehold  Property  Ownership Concerns, I had Purchased  the Freehold Property from Hartlepool Borough Council, & felt  Hartlepool Borough Council  had a Duty of Care to any  Purchaser of Ex-Council Property, ALYSON CARMAN, SOLICITOR, Requested & Received in Person ,  an  “Official Copy” of the Entries in  the Registered Title CE74844 “Absolute” Timed & Dated On the 9th October 2008 timed at 10.55.27. Issued by Land Registry Durham, on 10th October 2008.  & a Copy of the  MORTGAGE  Redemption Certificate signed by the Senior Financial Officer of Hartlepool Borough Council, Proof that the Property was “MORTGAGE” free .  Freehold Completely Paid For,  !

 Under s 67 of the Land Registration Act 2002 this “Official Copy” is admissible  in evidence in a Court of Law  to the same extent as the “Original” first Filed & Registered with Land Registry Durham,  29th 3.1984 !

When you say Mr Drummond that  there is NO records of  my Complaints ? 
Are you Suggesting that the  Important Face-to-Face Meeting with 
ALYSON CARMAN a Senior Town Solicitor to discuss my Complaint  on Planning &  the Legal Ownership of the Freehold Land & Property, We had Purchased & Paid for,   from the “Seller” Hartlepool Borough Council, was “NOT” noted,  or Recorded, and NOT reported to the Chief Solicitor?  PETER DEVLIN, ?

IF you have been told Falsehoods,  that NO such Face-to-Face  meeting took place ?  It would  Simply highlight that a  Disgraceful and Unhealthy Situation exists in  Hartlepool Borough Council, & indicates  clearly to me  & may cause concerns among many  other interested  Tax Payers  of the town that  Paid Staff employed  in the Legal & Planning Departments,  Who knowing the very Serious Nature  of my Complaints & Allegations, were Grossly Incompetent & Negligent of their Duties & Responsibilities in Public Office,  by Concealing the Facts  from Yourself !

Conclusion  of Incompetence  of some of your Staff, is therefore inescapable  when  one Considers  this vital  Information , supplied by yourself, that you were Unaware of Serious allegations of Misconduct is it not  possible  that  some other very Important Planning  Decisions may have been made  by others in your Council,  without your  knowledge,? A very serious situation ?

Openness & Transparency, are  the foundation of accountability. virtues we are entitled to expect from our council, it's employees and councillors
Local people should be able to hold politicians and public bodies to account over how their council tax is being spent, and decisions made on their behalf.” 

I am  Disappointed to note Mr Drummond, that you also appear, once again,  NOT to have Bothered  to Inspect my Freedom of Information Requests, all Still  available , on the WhatDoTheyKnow Internet Site  when you  where Checking  Back  though  the Records,  I draw your Attention in  Particularly to  my Requests  to The F.O.I. Officer  Hilary Martin  for  COPIES  of the Fraudulent Documents  “A”B”C”or “D” in which the Retrospective Applicant H/2009/0568  had  Falsely  & Deceitfully  Submitted,  their Claims of   Part Ownership of the Registered Freehold Land & Property CE74844 “Absolute” were    COPIES WERE REFUSED TO ME --“REFUSED” WHY -WHY-WHY?

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT  PRODUCTION OF THESE OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS , WOULD HAVE VERY  QUICKLY  EXPOSED THAT -THE RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION 
H 2009/0568  NOW SEEKING  RETROSPECTIVE PLANNING  PERMISSION  CONTAINED FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS  CLAIMING  OWNERSHIP OF FREEHOLD  LAND &  PROPERTY, ALREADY BUILT ON , WAS NOT IN FACT, IN  THEIR  REGISTERED OWNERSHIP?

It should also be remembered  & given very Serious Though , that these  fraudulent documents , falsely Claiming ownership of the Freehold  Property already  built on  had been INSPECTED & VALIDATED as CORRECT  ? By  the OFFICIALS of  the PLANNING DEPARTMENT,  

My  Written  F.O.I. request for a REVIEW of HILARY MARTIN’S Refusal to Give me  Copies,    I submitted to the Complaints Reviewer  ALYSON CARMAN, was also REFUSED , YES, HILARY MARTIN’S REFUSAL OF MY REQUEST WAS UPHELD   by the very same  ALYSON CARMAN SOLICITOR , & COMPLAINTS REVIEWER who it is Important to Remember, had, a Face-To-Face  Meeting , held in the Municipal Offices In December 2008/  January 2009 to Fully Discuss my Complaints & Property  Ownership Concerns, and   had Requested & Received in Person  a  Timed & Dated “Official Copy” of the Entries in  the Registered Title CE74844 “Absolute” On the 9th October 2008 timed at 10.55.27. Issued by Land Registry Durham, on 10th October 2008. 

THERE CAN BE LITTLE DOUBT ALYSON CARMAN SOLICITOR & COMPLAINTS REVIEWER WAS FULLY AWARE THAT THE  APPLICANTS  OF   H/2009/0568    SEEKING RETROSPECTIVE PLANNING  APPROVAL FROM HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL ,WERE “NOT” THE REGISTERED LEGAL OWNER OF THE FREEHOLD LAND &  PROPERTY THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY & ILLEGALLY BUILT ON ?

( This my request,  for a Complaints Review  still available to view on  this blog  and  on the WhatDoTheyKnow Internet Site,  and still remains Unanswered)


Freedom of Information is "NOT" available in HartlepoolReply to Hayley Martin for update of my request - Request to Hartlepool Council by alan harvey flounders. Annotated by alan harvey flounders on 11 January 2011. * Awaiting internal review. * Tuesday 1...2 years ago

WILL DRUMMOND INVESTIGATE AS PROMISED

Friday, 22 March 2013

Dear Mr Drummond,
Thank You for your rather Curt Response, more like a Reprimand to my detailed but nevertheless Very Courteous reply to your correspondence which I receive on Tuesday 19th March 2013. 

Following the Letter I sent to The Rt Hon　Eric Pickles　MP Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on his comments in a letter to Hilary Ben the Shadow Communities Secretary Published in the Public Domain, on the undercover investigation into the System of Deciding Planning Permission "Despite Strong Opposition from Residents".?

I wish to remind you Mr Drummond, that in your reply to me “YOU”Very clearly Stated that you had a quick skim through my blog http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.UK/ and there appears to be 
A lot of finger Pointing but YOU are Struggling and are at a Loss to Understand & Pin Point where the Issues Lie ?

Your Words Mr Drummond, “NOT” mine ?
I Sincerely and Strongly feel that my Reply to you was both Polite Clear and Informative & addressed the Important Issues of Planning Concerns which YOU very clearly stated “YOU” were at a LOSS to Understand, ?

I also Strongly believe that as a Full Tax Paying Member of the Hartlepool Public I am entitled like any other citizen to receive from You the Elected Mayor of Hartlepool, or any Other Elected Councillor, a Similar Polite, Sensible Response to any Correspondence, I may Send ?

I believe your reply is Distinctly Insulting & Definitely Perverse? Unlike yourself, I am Reluctant to advise anyone on how they Write and phrase their Questions? Your Attitude is I feel very unfriendly,

And does “NOT” follow the “The Seven Principles of Public Life”
Know as the “Nolan Principles” particularly “Accountability” 

It is Obvious to me that You have still failed to Read and Digest any of my Criminal Allegations, contained in my Blog, you state that before
You approach any of the Council officers regarding my complaint, could I tell you if I have been through the Council’s official Complaints procedure?

May I again remind You If you were to re-read my letter, you will very Clearly See I have answered that Question , with the following extract from my Letter YOU Received!

“I thank you & fully appreciate that you are Willing to Investigate my Criminal Allegations, Formal Complaints & Freedom of Information Requests, which , IT MUST BE REMEMBERED
I Have been Making since August 2008, using the WhatDoTheyKnow Internet Site, (Still Available) & Hartlepool Council’s Complaint Procedure, a Complaints Procedure I found to be Total Rubbish, the Claims that Letters & E-Mails were not Delivered or Lost in Transit have been unbelievable ”?


I Firmly and Honestly Believe I have Furnished “YOU” the Elected Mayor of Hartlepool with Sufficient Documentary Evidence for you to Start an Official Investigation into the Highly Suspicious and Disgraceful Conduct of some of the Officials in the Planning & Legal Departments? 

I Wish to say this once again We purchased our Registered Freehold Land and Property (Ex-Council) from Hartlepool Borough Council, in February 1984, by “Mortgage” & we Have all the Legal Documents of Purchase & Registration to Prove it, 

I am NOT the Villain in this Property Planning Dispute, I am the innocent victim of a Deliberate Despicable attempt by Richard Trow, an Official in Your Planning Department, who abused his position of Case Planning Officer to GRANT a Controversial Retrospective Planning Application H/2009/0568 Knowing the Structural Unsound Kitchen Extension was Part erected on Registered Freehold Land & Property which Was “NOT” in the Registered Ownership of the Applicant,
in addition He Had Known that the Cowboy Builders , in Blocking the Gas Ventilation Ducts to the Outside atmosphere were making the Outbuildings Unsafe , & creating a Highly Dangerous & Life Threatening Situation, which Prevented our Legal Use of the Outbuilding & Washing Facilities? 

Explained in Detail on Blog. http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.UK/
If you are Sufficiently Interested Mr Drummond, in exposing wrongdoing by some members of Hartlepool Borough Council, you are Welcome to Contact Me, to Inspect my Legal Documentation, Photographs & a number of E-Mails previously sent to Officers of Hartlepool Borough Council, and to Visit my Home and Inspect this Unsafe Carbuncle of a Extension, Illegally Erected and Physically attached causing Substantial Structural Damage to my Freehold Land & Property, Please Let Me Know .
Yours Sincerely
Alan Harvey Flounders 

PLANNING INVESTIGATION PROMISED By STUART DRUMMOND

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

AS a Result of my Recent published Letter  toThe Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on his comments in a letter to Hilary Ben the Shadow Communities Secretary Published  in the Public Domain, on Wednesday 13th March 2013, Copy to Stuart Drummond Mayor of Hartlepool,  I received the Following reply from Stuart Drummond  on Tuesday 19th March 2013.

Dear Mr. Flounders,
Thank you for your recent correspondence. Can you outline exactly what criminal activity has taken place in your opinion, what you have done about it and what the response has been to date please? I had a quick skim through your blog and there appears to be a lot of finger pointing but I’m struggling to pin point where the issue lies.
You are making serious allegations and I am more than happy to follow them up so it would be useful if you gave me a brief and simple chronological order of events and your allegations.
Best wishes,
Stuart

My Reply  Sent to Stuart Drummond, Mayor of Hartlepool,
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your prompt reply to the Letter to
The Rt Hon　Eric Pickles　MP - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, highlighting my Allegations of Continued Criminal Misconduct by both Elected & Non-Elected Members of Hartlepool Borough Council,
I thank you & fully appreciate that you are Willing to Investigate my Criminal Allegations, Formal Complaints & Freedom of Information Requests, which , it must be remembered, I have been making since August 2008, using the WhatDoTheyKnow Internet Site, & Hartlepool Council’s Complaint procedure, a Complaints Procedure I found to be Total Rubbish, the Claims that Letters & E-Mails were not Delivered or Lost in Transit have been unbelievable,

If  as I suspect, you are now saying that you have been Unaware of any of my Past Criminal Allegations, then I Must point out to you Sir, that I am Disappointed to learn, that, as Elected Mayor of Hartlepool, the Most Senior Person in any Council, I think YOU have been very poorly Served by the Following Paid Employees of your Staff, who Individually, were all made aware of my Formal Complaints by Letter or  E-Mail ? And  some, such as Alyson Carman Solicitor,  and Complaints Reviewer , requested & received Official Copies of Legal Documents as Proof of Ownership at individual Meetings ?
Dave Stubs, Director of regeneration & Neighbourhoods,
Stuart Green, Development Control,
Paul Burgon Enforcement Officer
Stuart Metcalf ?
Alyson Carman , Solicitor
Hayley Martin F.O.I. Officer
& Many Others including Labour Councillors, Cook, Griffin & Tempest, But  it appears that not  one Person of your Staff, or Elected Councillors, appears to have reported my Very Serious Fraudulent Concerns to You ?

I also find it difficult to understand your Comments that you have had a quick “skim” through my Blog.http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.UK/ and there appears to be a lot of Finger Pointing but YOU are struggling and are at loss understand & Pin Point where the Issues Lie ?

While NOT being a Legally Qualified Person, I though my Criminal Allegations were quite easily followed, I.e. The Legally Flawed “Granting” of the Retrospective Planning Application H2009/0568 by Richard Trow, Case Planning Officer, without “ANY” involvement of the Elected Councillors of the Planning Committee, clearly shows he had a Personal Interest in the Granting of the Retrospective application H/2009/0568, Knowing that it was built on Land & Property “NOT” in the Applicants H /2009/0568 Registered “Property Ownership” ?

Common Sense, dictates that No-one can built any thing onto a neighbours Registered Freehold Land & Property without authority, Everyone knows , you must “Own” the Registered Freehold Land & Property, you may wish to Built Onto? Before applying for Council Planning Permission.

Although I have no wish to be Critical of your inability to understand my Correspondence, I am an Elderly ( 80 year old ) Tax Paying Citizen and yet , I find my allegations Easily to understand? To simplify it ?
 I Repeat - Ownership of Freehold Land & Property to Build on, is a “Statutory Requirement” as required by article 7 of the Town & Country Planning Order 1995, you Cannot  Legally Build “ANYTHING” on Freehold Land & Property “NOT” in your “Ownership” ? 

For  the Retrospective applicant H2009/0568 to try and obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness by Deception, by submitting Certificates “A” “B” “C” &”D” Falsely claiming “Ownership” of  Registered Freehold Property Previously Built on Without permission of the Legal Owners-
is clearly Fraudulent, as explained  in the  Guidance handed down by the High Court Judge 
Sir Thayne Forbes Judgements on Retrospective Applications -

The Case Planning Officer Richard Trow  Knew,  when Supporting the Retrospective Applicant , H/2009/0568  who was the  Registered Legal  Owners of the Freehold Land & Property, unlawfully built on, and who, by his Own admission , was the “Original” Draughtsman of the Drawing included in the Controversial Retrospective  Planning Application H/2009/0568  for the Kitchen Extension, submitted to the Hartlepool Borough Council I.e. To the Case Planning Officer Richard Trow, “Himself” for approval?
Surprise -Surprise- this application was Granted, Nothing like marking Your Own Examination Papers? 

This I believe is Blatant “Fraud” Fraud by abuse of position Section 4. Of the FRAUD ACT 2006.?

I Fully Understand that my Criminal Allegation are Serious, and will happily supply you with a Chronological History of Events to support my Criminal allegations. Including Photographs & an “Official Copy” of the Registered Ownership Title Deeds CE 74844 “Absolute” which Prove Absolute Freehold Ownership, !
Yours Sincerely
Alan Harvey Flounders

PLANNING INVESTIGATION & LAW BREAKERS

A Letter to :-

eric.pickles@communities.gsi.gov.uk


Planning investigation: you may have broken law, councillors told

Dear Mr Eric Pickles , local Government Secretary,

I wish to congratulate you  for your recent Comments in a letter to Hilary Benn, the Shadow Communities Secretary published in the Public Domain on Wednesday 13th March 2013. As a result of an undercover investigation  into the system of deciding planning  permission despite strong  opposition  from residents, ?

If you  wish and  care to  see  further Evidence  and Information in support of your comments, I Wish to draw your attention  that there are other serious Legally Flawed Retrospective Planning Applications been “Illegally Granted”  concerning Building  Extensions,  built Without Council  Planning Permission or the Legal Owners Consent,  on Freehold Land & Property “NOT” in the Registered  Ownership of the Retrospective applicant , a  Statutory Requirement as required by Article  7  of the Town and Country Planning Order 1995,”

In answer  to a F.O.I. request, I  submitted to “Your” Department of   Communities and  Local Government  I received the following Reply on 1st September 2010, from Jillian Hastings, MRTPI, Planning Development Management !  “Completed Ownership  Certificates A, B, C ,or D, Remain  a  Statutory Requirement,” 
This Statutory Requirement Was  Completely Ignored  by the Case Planning Officer,  Richard Trow,

All my Freedom of Information Requests are Available on the
(What Do They Know Site) !

If you wish to Further Confirm and Validate the Truth of my Criminal   allegations which are fully supported by  Legally accepted  Indefeasible Documentary  evidence of Freehold Property “Ownership”, on  an “Official Copy” of the Register of Title CE74844 “Absolute” Issued by Land Registry, Durham, on
10th October 2008, shows the Entries in the Register of Title  on 9th October 2008 at 10.55.27. 

Under s67 of the Land Registry Act  2002, this “Copy” is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the “Original” filed  with Land  Registry, Durham in both the Property & Proprietorship Registers on the 29.3.1984.?

May I suggest you Read my  personal experiences published on  my  Blog,
http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.uk/ highlighting the unacceptable
 Planning Corruption involving both Elected  Labour Councillors and unelected Legal & Planning officials of  the Labour Dominated Hartlepool Borough Council,? There’s  an unacceptable culture of  secrecy and of dishonesty  around the  very suspicious activities  of Hartlepool Borough Council, in Particular  Labour Councillors  seem more interested in  protecting  the  Questionable Integrity of their friends in high places  rather than the  legally purchased Freehold Property Interests of the citizens  in their ward.!
Please Note    
If anything I have Published is NOT TRUE, WHY have NONE of the Named Hartlepool Borough Council  Individuals, Commenced Legal Proceedings against Me for Slander or Whatever Crime, they can think of, in the Past FIVE (5) years, !
To date, Friday, 15 March 2013 not one of them has DISPUTED  any of My  Criminal Allegations,!  I Wonder Why?

Here is a Copy of  my recent  letter sent to  Stuart Drummond, Highlighting Very Similar Dishonest Criminal  Planning Activities  I have Personally encountered  here in Hartlepool ,

THE MONKEY  MAYOR OF HARTLEPOOL  STUART DRUMMOND,  CAN’T SAY HE WAS’NT TOLD OF ANY HANKY-PANKY ?

 Dear  Mr Drummond,    Mayor of Hartlepool,
For some time past I have been publishing in the Public Domain
Some very  Serious  but Truthful Allegations of  Criminal Fraudulent  Misconduct & Malfeasance  in Public Office, against  some of the Senior Unelected  Hartlepool Borough Council Officials in both  the Legal & Planning Departments  which have “ALL”  been “Ignored “, I have also  Criticized  & expressed my disapproval  of a Number of LABOUR Elected  De-Brus Ward Councillors,  COOK, GRIFFIN & TEMPEST, for THEIR  failure to Investigate  my Concerns, and in addition , I  have distributed  copies, of these  published  allegation of Criminality  to  the Following,
1.
The Member of Parliament for Hartlepool IAIN WRIGHT  M.P.
&  the Three (3) Elected Members of the European  Parliament,
Fiona Hall                         (Liberal Democrat)
Stephen Hughes              (Labour)
Martin Callanan             (Conservative)
2.
In the highly Unlikely Event, You have “NOT” been  previously informed  of my  Continued Peaceful  Protest, to Expose these Criminal activities, and to prevent  any claim  “you might  wish to make” in the future that you were Completely Unaware of my Allegations of Criminality, Committed  during YOUR
TERM of OFFICE  ? I intend to include Your Office  in all future  distributions of  my Publications,  referring to  my personal experiences of Criminal Misconduct.                          

Yours Sincerely,
Alan Harvey Flounders
 http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.uk/

LETTER TO STUART DRUMMOND MAYOR OF HARTLEPOOL

THE MONKEY MAYOR OF HARTLEPOOL- STUART DRUMMOND-HE  CAN’T SAY HE WAS’NT TOLD OF ANY HANKY-PANKY ?

 Dear  Mr DRUMMOND 
 MAYOR of HARTLEPOOL ,
For some time past I have been publishing in the Public Domain   http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.uk/
Some very  Serious Allegations of  Criminal Fraudulent  Misconduct & Malfeasance  in Public Office, against  some of the Senior Unelected  Hartlepool Borough Council Officials in both  the Legal & Planning Departments  which have all been ignored, and I have also  Criticized  & expressed my disapproval  of a Number of Elected  De-Brus Ward Councillors,  COOK, GRIFFIN & TEMPEST, for THEIR  failure to Investigate  my Concerns, and in addition , I  have distributed  copies, of these  published  allegation of Criminality  to  the Following,
1.
The Member of Parliament for Hartlepool IAIN WRIGHT  M.P. &  the Three (3) Elected Members of the European  Parliament, 
FIONA HALL                          (LIBERAL DEMOCRAT)
STEPHEN HUGHES               (LABOUR) 
MARTIN CALLANAN           (CONSERVATIVE)

2.
In the highly Unlikely Event, You have “NOT” been  previously informed  of my  Continued Peaceful  Protest, to Expose these Criminal activities, and to prevent  any claim  “you might  wish to make” in the future that you were Completely Unaware of my Allegations of Criminality, Committed  during YOUR  TERM OF OFFICE ? I intend to include your Office in ALL  future  distributions of  my Publications  referring to  my personal experiences of Criminal Misconduct.                          

Yours Sincerely,
Alan Harvey Flounders
 http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.uk/

Political Corruption - Look no Further than Hartlepool

A SOLICITORS LETTER SENT TO ME AT THE REQUEST OF  MY LOCAL COUNCILLORS 

 EPISODE 2 of  6.

THE BIG LIE 
elf-evident.” --
Repeating a Colossal (and Frequently Blatant) untruth, as Loud and as Often as you can, will make it easier to Believe — Because no one would conceive that anyone would distort the truth so boldly and outrageously.
"a lie repeated often enough becomes truth".
Attributed to Joseph  Goebbels 

A few years ago the arrogant dismissal of my complaint by Hartlepool Borough Council, and some Elected Ward Councillors,  without answering any of the points raised and the refusal to communicate further unless  I Submit them to PETER DEVLIN, Chief Solicitor,  would have meant that I would have found it difficult to pursue the matter.  However now, with the Internet, neither Council employees nor Elected  Councillors are able to  HIDE  their Dishonest actions - this is a new departure and will in the future make our representatives and employees more accountable as there will be no hiding place! Watch this Space  for more Revelations !
Please Note 
If anything I have Published is NOT TRUE, WHY have NONE of the named Hartlepool Borough Council  Individuals, Commenced Legal Proceedings against Me for Slander or Whatever Crime, they can think of, in the Past FIVE (5) years, To date, not one of them has taken advantage of this offer NOR DISPUTED  any of the allegations posted on this blog.

Wednesday, 30 January 2013            

Dear DE-BRUS WARD  Hartlepool  Councillors ,
ROB COOK , SHEILA GRIFFIN, SYLVIA TEMPEST
 for  Action, ( I may  be Lucky,)   Information , Files ? But Mainly for Public  Records  & Displayed  in the Public Domain !
1 
It is Now  some  weeks since I Published on the Internet,   &  Wrote  to  my (3) Local Labour Ward Councillors,   a letter  highlighting  my Allegations of Criminality by  some Senior Hartlepool  Borough Council  Officials  who have Conspired Wilfully  to Deprive  me of  my Basic Civil, Legal Property  & Human Rights  Copies of my Criminal allegations were  also  sent to :-   

IAIN WRIGHT M.P.  Member of Parliament for Hartlepool,  (NO REPLY) 
Three (3) Members  of the European  Parliament !
FIONA HALL           ( LIBERAL DEMOCRAT)        (ACKKNOWEDGEMENT) 
STEPHEN HUGHES           ( LABOUR )                   (NO REPLY) 
MARTIN CALLANAN         (CONSERVATIVE)      ( NO REPLY) 
For their attention , files & Public Records, 
 2.
 NONE of  my (3) Three Labour Ward  Councillors  have Sought  fit to Acknowledge or even  attempted  to  Contacted me, to give an explanation WHY  my Extremely Serious but “Truthful Allegation” of  Fraud,  Malfeasance, Misconduct by Public Officials in Public Office,  that Cannot be Legally Justified  &  Conflicts with the law, have been Ignored?
3.
There is nothing in  the letter I received  from  PETER DEVLIN,  The Chief Solicitor  of Hartlepool Borough Council, written to me, at the Behest of You All, the Three (3) Labour Councillors, Who Claim to Represent  the voters of the DE-BRUS  WARD on Hartlepool Borough Council, 
( a Claim I now  Seriously Question ?)  , which would cause me to Withdraw or Reconsider  any of my Extremely Serious but True  allegation of Malfeasance Land and Financial Property Fraud, Conspiring to  Perverting the Course of Justice,  Misconduct and Abuse of Position  in Public Office  
4.
As a  Law Abiding Tax Payer ,  I have a  Democratic  Right  to Question  the Motives  and Decisions and Criticise Openly in Public,  WHY  my Three (3)   Recently Elected LABOUR  Councillors, ROB COOK , SHEILA GRIFFIN, and  SYLVIA TEMPEST
 who Now  have the audacity  to  Claim  (Wrongly I Maintain)   to Represent the Voters in the DE-BRUS  WARD, on   Hartlepool Borough Council.
5.
What  Authority Does the Chief Solicitor PETER DEVLIN have over a Law abiding Tax Paying Citizen of Hartlepool  to suggest ? That if I want to Contact my Elected Ward Councillors  in Future , I  Must submit any  Written Correspondence , that’s Critical of their  Conduct in Office , to  Him, the Chief Solicitor  of Hartlepool Borough Council, For his Approval or Disapproval ?

Surely this is a Clear Breach of my HUMAN RIGHTS ?
Article 10, Freedom of Expression of the Human Rights Act 1998

I intend  to Question  all the Leaders & Deputies  of all  Parliamentary Parties on This Situation ? I feel sure they will Comment , if they believe in Democracy? 
What’s your Answer to this Situation  IAIN  WRIGHT M.P. for Hartlepool ?
And the  Three (3) Members  of the European  Parliament !
FIONA HALL                         ( LIBERAL DEMOCRAT) 
STEPHEN HUGHES             ( LABOUR )   
MARTIN CALLANAN          (CONSERVATIVE)     
May be Interested ?
6.
“I don’t care if  I embarrass people in Public Office in both Hartlepool Borough Council and  a Government Department, Land Registry, Durham? Regarding  my repeated  Criminal Allegations,  I don’t care if Careers and Reputations are undermined as a result of this  peaceable Campaign to achieve by raising Local  people's awareness  of the Deceitful 
Legal and Planning Decisions made in  their Names by Dishonest Employees and some questionable Elected Councillors ?
My Truthful  allegations are supported by Bona-Fide Legal Documents of Ownership Purchase  and Photographs of  Criminal Property Damage.
7.
None  of those Public Servants Employed by Hartlepool Borough Council, in the Legal & Planning Departments, Alyson Carman, Solicitor,  Hilary Martin, F.O.I. Officer  Richard Trow, Case Planning Officer,  Mr.Reece, Development  Control Manager , Paul Burgon Enforcement Officer and others involved , Dave Stubbs, Stuart Green, Stuart Metcalf  can Justify 
their Deceitful and Dishonest Conduct, their Combined Motives and Reasons can only be viewed as Not only Highly Suspicious  but  Possible Criminal, ?
8.
It reminds me a bit of the MPs Expenses Scandal , which did have a massive impact - it practically destroyed any remaining trust amongst the electorate, yet  today all Politicians  still  seem to possess hides like  rhinoceros(es) and  feel  NO  shame whatsoever. ?
9
It is abundantly clear to me that the actions  or  inactions  and the Combined and Continued Silence of my Three (3)  DE-BRUS Ward Labour Councillors COOK, GRIFFIN & TEMPEST, are I believe , part of a wider Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice related to my Criminal & Fraudulent  Allegations. 
10.
(a)
This is Corruption and Collusion  at its height. This stinks to high heaven! you are  Morally Bankrupt ? It  appears to me that you  all have entered local politics more for  Self-Service than about Public Service. ? 
(b)
None of you seem to have the ethics, morals and integrity necessary to be a 'voice for the people'. ?  any elected Councillor Who ignores a Ward Resident, when he  calls on him/her for  assistance  to investigated a Serious Financial Complaint , supported by Bona-Fide  Legal Documentation, should Seriously question their Reasons  and  above all their Motives for standing for Public Office,
( C)
I believe you have shown by your Conduct,  that you are most certainly incapable  of Honestly   Representing  the People of the DE-BRUS Ward !  I believe , You should all Resign from your Office, to allow others  who are NOT after Personal Kudos or Gain, to participate  in the Town Affairs!
11.
I am only a Lone Voice at the Moment but I am of the Opinion that there are many -many -voters in the DE-BRUS WARD  who now  must be Seriously thinking, that their (3) Labour Ward Councillors must have something very Serious &  Incriminating TO HIDE ? 
When Seemingly they appear to have  Choosing to be Complicit in Covering-Up my Serious  Allegations of  Misconduct & Malfeasance  by Public Officials in Public Office, that Cannot be legally Justified and  Conflicts with the law. ?
12.
I firmly believe that this incident  will not  be forgotten in future, & will come back to Haunt  You  ? I most Certainly will “NOT”  let this BLATANT  THEFT--of Part of the Freehold Registered  Land and Property, I Purchased from Hartlepool Borough Council, Registered at Land Registry Durham,  on 29th March 1984, be Kicked into the Long Grass!
I believe That No-One should be allowed to Gain Financial Profit  from their  Criminal Actions, !
13.
Your  Combined attitude  is very Similar to the attitude adopted by the Officials at the B.B.C. who  Collectively ,  decided to Ignore the numerous allegations they must have  received regarding that Vile  & Evil Monster JIMMY  SAVILE,  allegation, Hindsight now shows  that if acted on at the time, they  would have  exposed him for what he was, Nothing  more than a Filthy Old Paedophile , they in all Probability  Suspected if they did not know  the  Whole Truth but Like yourselves they  Did Nothing?
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 At  the moment your Combined attitudes are “Don’t Rock the Boat,”  “Sweep any evil thoughts under the Carpet“,  keep it all - SECRET-
 in- House-let the Wrongdoing  remain- Secret - Very Secret.?  long enough and ignore the allegations , they will  be forgotten and will Just Disappear along with the Citizen making the Nasty  Allegations,  don’t be a naughty Boy,  Please Go away,  and  “Don’t” ask any more awkward, embarrassing Questions, Stop exposing on the Internet,  the Shenanigans  you  have discovered  when  Researching the Sale of Council House Freehold Properties by Hartlepool Borough Council Prior to 1980? Including some Very Suspicious Planning Decisions 
And the Blatant Favouritism * previously shown to my Neighbour From Hell,  which was also discovered  at the beginning of my Internet  Research into the “Granting” of the Legally Flawed Controversial Retrospective application  H/2009/0568? 
15.
*(The  Story, of  Blatant Favouritism, can be read here)  ? http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.uk/
 Published Friday 21st September 2012 -
TAXI-TAXI-WHERE THE HELL IS MY TAXI- SHITHEAD?
 It Will be Updated & Published in full here Shortly)   
A Little Discovered Local History:- 
Who said you can’t Operate a business from a Council House ? 
(Prohibited by the Tenancy Agreement) !
(a)
Who Said you can’t Buy a Council House at a time of a Critical Shortage of Social Housing without Ministerial approval?  & Continue to Run a Business, (Prohibited by Legal Covenants) ?
You most Certainly Can if you can Boast of Fiends in very High Places particularly in the  Labour Dominated  Hartlepool Borough Council ? 
 Influence which is  still Bearing Fruit  to this Day ?  
How else  do you think the Retrospective Application  H/2009/0568  was  “Granted” although partly built on  a Neighbours Private Freehold Property?
(b)
 And who can forget the Ridicules Nonsense of the  Coloured Photograph of an Outside Toilet Door submitted  in an attempt to  Land Registry Durham, Falsely Claiming  ownership of part of a Neighbours Registered Property ? Surprise-Surprise  it was  Accepted as  Stronger Proof of Ownership of a section of a Registered  Freehold Property 
by  Alan H Smith, Assistant Land Registrar, Durham, than  the Original  Registered Land Title Deeds CE74844”Absolute”  entered in Both the Property & Proprietorship on the 29th 3.1984? 
( If that doesn’t smell of Corruptions, ? I don’t Know what  does ?)
(c ) 
Or the Unbelievable Claim  by MALCOLM DAWSON O.B.E.------Head of Land Registry , who had been Requested  by the Local Member of Parliament  IAIN WRIGHT.M.P. to Investigate My Criminal Allegation of 
Malfeasance  in Public Office  by ALAN H SMITH, assistant Land Registrar  Durham, -  you will be amazed  at the Utter Nonsense of  MALCOLM DAWSON’S  O.B.E.  Reply to  IAN WRIGHT’S M.P. Request? Wait and See!
(d)
I was later awarded £300, and a Apology  by Land Registry, after the intervention of the Complaints Reviewer Elizabeth Derrington, for Mistakes made by Land Registry,  which I refused, as Unacceptable. and    
I returned the  £300, to  Joe Timothy of the Legal Department , Head Office, 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, on Tuesday, 16th February 2010!

 Watch this Space  for an Up-Date of more  Dirty Tricks  !

16.
 No Matter how hard, Employees and Councillors of  Hartlepool Borough Council   try to hide things, they will  eventually come to the Surface and my Truthful Allegations will  Continue to be Published here on this Blog  and the  links to  other Blogs, for display in the Public Domain,  on the World-Wide Internet such as  that Excellent Site Exposing Council  Corruption in Stockport , WWW.SHEILAOLIVER.COM.ORG/
(a)
All   allegations Supported with Bona-Fide  Documentary  & Photographic  Evidence  will also  be sent to all Government Political  and Legal  Authorities , such as the Secretary  of State for Communities and Local Government, and others  who have the Power to make and Enforce laws which will Eventually  expose to Public View, the Cancer of Dishonesty Festering in Hartlepool Borough  Council, and Land Registry, Durham? 
(b)
 Lies and deceit on a massive scale defines this whole tragic affair, 
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”
Democracy. Transparency. Honesty. Integrity. Openness. 
These are virtues we are entitled to expect from our Council, it's Employees and Councillors, which we pay for though Council Taxes,  Unfortunately, 
Hartlepool Council, at this moment in time appears to be totally devoid of any decent Councillors, -Corruption festers. don't just ignore and hope it goes away. It Won’t?
17.
So why does this happen in Hartlepool? Could it Possibly be that 
Our Labour Led Criminal Incumbent Administration have Controlled Hartlepool Borough Council for 48 of the past 50 years, is it the old 
'entitlement' to rule thing....they've been there so long they think don't think they need to Comply with the LAW, or anyone else's Rules or Standards. Or Concerns, ? Certainly Not the Interests of the Town Voters, particularly the Residents of the DE-BRUS Ward ,  who  can all go back to sleep now, you served your purpose, you have  elected  COOK, GRIFFIN, and TEMPEST,  so they  will continue to treat all Residents of the DE-BRUS Ward  with “Contempt." 
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In particular I criticise ROB COOK, who I believe is  a Complete Hypocrite,  and is unfit to be a Councillor for the DE-BRUS  Ward,  my Ward, or any other Ward for that Matter,   he appears  to be suffering from some sort of Psychological Disturbance, Possibly Severe Amnesia Perhaps, ?  what is Certain, is that he has Conveniently forgotten his personal “Pre-Election” appearance at my Frond Door accompanied by SHEILA GRIFFIN  ? 
When Seeking Votes for the  Hartlepool DE-BRUS Ward Council Elections, ROB COOK was Invited  into my Home, a invitation which he accepted  and spoke at some length on Why I should Vote Labour in the Forthcoming local elections,  
(a)
I explained my Loss of faith in the Local Labour Party and told him of my Problems , I was Having with Officials in the Legal & Planning Departments  of Hartlepool Borough Council, he  Requested Permission to personally inspect  our  Outside Detached Wash-House Building, 
(b)
His Reaction, after  his Visual Inspection , I can only Describe to the best of my ability as Utter Astonishment, he Claimed  it should be Demolished? 
And was amazed that Such an Ugly Carbuncle of an Property Extension, that  was Physically tied into the Non-Load-Bearing Rear Wall of the Wash-House Building, Causing  Serious Structural Damage , and  effectively Blocking OFF by the COWBOY Builders,   the Gas Ventilation Ducts, intentionally  Positioned High in the Rear Wall of the Wash-House, as a Safety Precaution, to allow the Uninterrupted Total Escape  to the Outside Atmosphere of any Built Up of Dangerous Toxic, Combustible Explosive Gasses, to Prevent the Possible and Potential  Highly  Dangerous   Life  Threatening Situation, of Fire or Explosion  , a situation  that made  any further Safe  Use of the Wash-House facilities  Impossible ?
(c )
A situation it must be noted  which could have had Dangerous if not fatal Consequences,  had any member of my family attempted to ignite the Internal  Gas Fuelled  Hot Water Boiler ?  A Situation that Remains unresolved  to this day, & has denied us, the Legal Owners of the Property, any further use of the Internal Gas  Fuelled  Hot Water Boiler Washing Facilities  A clear Violation and Breach of our Legal & Human Rights 

The First Protocol Article 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights, 
The  Right to Own  Property?  What does this right mean?     
The Protection of Property under Protocol 1, Article 1 has three elements
to it:
(1)    A Person has the Right to the Peaceful Enjoyment of Their Property.
(2)   A Public Authority Cannot take away what Someone owns.
(3)   A Public Authority Cannot impose Restrictions on a Person’s 
“Use of Their Property.”
(d)
The Fraud Act 2006 Fraud by abuse of position Section 4.
(1)       A person is in breach of this section if he—
(a)       occupies a position in which he is expected to safeguard, or not to act         against, the financial interests of another person ?

(e)
To ensure accuracy of the situation  and to avoid  any future Misunderstanding It  was made Clear to ROB COOK  when visiting my Home, that  the Retrospective Planning Application H/2009/0568 had been  Given Planning Consent Despite Many Objections  by the Case Planning Officer Richard Trow, assisted by  Mr Reece, Building Control Manager,  


May we remind the people mentioned here that  I endorse a 
 policy of allowing everybody facing the allegations  I  make have  a right of reply? To date, not one of them has taken advantage of this offer nor disputed any of the allegations posted on this blog. 

EPISODE  3  of  6. Will be Published  Later !

HARTLEPOOL AND MY THREE (3) REPRESENTATIVES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Saturday, 5 January 2013

Dear Sirs/ Madam
FIONA HALL                        (LIBERAL DEMOCRAT)
STEPHEN HUGHES             ( LABOUR )  
MARTIN CALLANAN         (CONSERVATIVE)        

In view of what I believe Rt .Hon. ERIC PICKLES  Communities Minister had to say about the freedom of the Press, on the 28.10. 2012. ( Copied Below) and has you are my Three (3) North East M.E.P. s  Representing me in the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT   I think you should be aware for your Information,  Records and Files the “Vetting” Restrictions placed on me by the Chief Solicitor PETER DEVLIN,
and  the Labour Dominated  Hartlepool Borough Council  in Regard  to any  future Freedom of Information Requests and/Or Correspondence to My Ward Councillors,  highlighting alleged Council Fraud and Misconduct in Public Office which I have Reported on Numerous Occasions but have been Completely Ignored by my Member of Parliament  for Hartlepool  IAIN WRIGHT,
Hartlepool Borough Council and my Three (3)  Elected Ward Councillors
ROB COOK,            Chairman of the Planning Committee
SYLVIA TEMPEST, Secretary of the Local Labour Party,
& SHEILA GRIFFIN 

 I believe these Restrictions do NOT have a legitimate aim. This action I believe is a Blatant attempt to Silence Me, and to Try and Defend their Corrupt Friends, and Colleagues and is Specifically Designed to  interfere with my Human Right, enshrined in law. It is Unlawful for a Public Authority to “ACT” in a way which is incompatible with a  "Convention Right” in Particular the Following,
a.
Article 10, Freedom of Expression of the Human Rights Act 1998

Which is a qualified right, states everyone has the right of freedom of expression.
This Right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to Receive and Impart information and ideas WITHOUT  Interference by Public Authority and Regardless of Frontiers.
A Clear Breach of the Human Rights Act
b.
The First Protocol Article 1, of the European Convention on Human Rights,
The  Right to Own  Property?
What does this right mean?      

The Protection of Property under Protocol 1, Article 1 has three elements
to it:
(1)    A Person has the Right to the Peaceful Enjoyment of Their Property.
(2)   A Public Authority Cannot take away what Someone owns.
(3)   A Public Authority Cannot impose Restrictions on a Person’s “Use of Their Property.”
A History of my Criminal Allegations Clearly Shows these Blatant  Breaches of the Law,   are available to view here,
                                     http://alanflounders.blogspot.co.uk/

Rt.Hon. ERIC PICKLES  Communities Minister
“ I think it is really massively important to ensure that we have freedom of press in this country. Something that characterises the British press is that it is good at “Exposing Corruption” and it is good at going to places where other press wouldn’t and I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said that for a free society to operate then the river of a free press had to flow without “ RESTRICTIONS ”

So I think that given that I think the press are looking towards finding ways, the end result of offering a good way in which people have got a Legitimate Complaint can find a Resource, then that’s right.”

Copies to:-
IAIN WRIGHT MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR HARTLEPOOL 

COUNCILLORS  for the DE-BRUS WARD.

SYLVIA TEMPEST              LABOUR      
ROB COOK                         LABOUR
SHEILA GRIFFIN                LABOUR

Please Distribute to all other under mentioned  named personnel?
DAVE STUBBS, STUART GREEN  RICHARD TROW,  PAUL BURGON, STUART METCALF   
HILARY MARTIN  F.O.I. Officer and Her Predecessor ALYSON CARMAN, Solicitor
PETER DEVLIN  Chief Solicitor ? 

If anything I have Published is NOT TRUE, WHY have NONE of the above named Individuals Commenced Legal Proceedings against Me  for Slander or Whatever Crime, they can think of,  in the Past FIVE (5) years,  

All my Allegations of Criminal Theft of Transferred ,Registered , Freehold Land and Property (Fraud)  Purchased from Hartlepool Borough Council, are TRUE. I have the Receipts for FINAL PAYMENT of my MORTGAGE to PROVE IT and the Misconduct in Public Office can also be Supported and Validated with Bona-Fida Legal "OWNERSHIP"  Documentation? THAT CANNOT BE LEGALLY CHALLENGED  

Come on PETER DEVLIN , Chief Solicitor,  IF  I  AM NOT THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE REGISTERED FREEHOLD LAND AND PROPERTY  CE 74844 "ABSOLUTE"  MAKE A FOOL OF YOURSELF AND SUE ME ? 

Part Two (2) of my Reply to Receiving A Solicitors Letter from PETER DEVLIN will be Published NEXT  on my Blog, including some Very Silly Letters and  E-Mails I received from some of the above names Council Officials ? Shortly. ?