By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen Blog, February 10, 2014
Veteran Somerset councillor Diane Holmes is very displeased with the way the city’s planning department has been conducting itself in her ward. She’s posted her community-paper column on her website.
The Development Review Services Branch is responsible for processing development applications. It has become increasingly apparent that this branch no longer represents the citizens, or neighbourhoods in the Ward. Rather, this branch represents the interests of the development industry. Applications are pushed through. Input from the public is generally disregarded because this branch considers residents’ comments to be NIMBY comments.