The Problem at Dalton...

I was invited to attend a meeting of concerned residents in the village of Dalton. I have been to this sort of meeting before, so I was thinking that it might be a little bit shoutie as exasperation surfaced.

But this is Dalton, where they do things very calmly and sensibly. I joined a circle, always a good shape for a meeting, facilitated by resident Iestyn Hughes.

The problem starts with the grant of planning permission for ten new houses in the village, but it was not the houses that caused the trouble.

Digging a deep drain requires that the road there is closed to traffic for ten weeks. It is one of three roads into and out of the village, so that leaves two other roads, doesn’t it? Well, no.



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