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2017-02-14 - HBC Internal Review FOIR-109473 Is this Fraud?

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This video recording dated 14 February 2017 relates to an internal review under the Freedom of Information Act conducted by Hastings Borough Council regarding request FOIR-109473. The recording examines questions surrounding documentation associated with the planning process and the role of the Planning Inspectorate in preparing or examining the relevant planning documents. Particular attention is drawn to metadata contained within a PDF file, which appears to identify Keith Culbert and other Hastings Borough Council staff as authors or editors of material associated with the plan. The analysis raises questions about whether the documentation attributed to the Planning Inspectorate may in fact have been prepared internally within the council. In that context, the recording questions how approximately £58,000 in expenditure reportedly linked to the Planning Inspectorate was justified if the work reflected in the documentation appears to have been produced internally by council staff. The video therefore frames the issue as a potential discrepancy between recorded expenditure and the apparent origin of the planning documentation.

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