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Independents for Rame and Maker (INFORM) put forward eight candidates for the election to Maker-with-Rame Parish Council. And when the votes were counted they managed to get seven members elected out of the 11 seats on the council. The parish council had been part of an ongoing planning row in the area after the former chair of the parish council, Chris Wilton, was granted planning permission by Cornwall Council to build a new house on the Rame Peninsula. That led to a judicial review application from some local objectors which saw the case end up in the high court. While that had l...
Row over farmer's house plan in beauty spot leads group to take over council Maker-with-Rame Parish Council has seven new faces from a community group after last week's elections, which saw chairman Chris Wilton, the farmer they targeted, ousted Updated More than 20 residents gather last year at Rame Head to protest at plans for farmer and then-parish council chairman Chris Wilton's home (Image: Rame Head Defence Group) Politics, environment, farming and more in your new free Western Morning News newsletter - direct to your inbox every dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again la...