A council reverses a decision in a conflict-of-interest investigation involving DUP MLA Edwin Poots.
A council has reversed a housing decision at the centre of a conflict-of-interest investigation involving a Stormont assembly member and his son.
About 35 planning decisions over a two-year period where the former DUP councillor sat on the committee and his father made representations have been examined by the watchdog, BBC News NI understands. He said given the cost to the public, the case "warrants further scrutiny, perhaps from the local government auditor".Permission was granted in December 2017 for two houses at Magheraconluce Lane, outside Hillsborough, County Down.
"I then noticed this planning case in Magheraconluce Lane on the planning portal and it was immediately obvious there was no possible justification for this planning decision and that led me to talk to a number of neighbours," he said. It was also alleged the plans may have been passed by DUP councillors voting in a block to carry the proposal.
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