The case of the fraudulent emails in support of Andrew Gillick's planning application for Kensal Rise Library, owned by All Soul's College and closed down by Brent Council,appear to be coming to a head.
Below you will find a redacted version of the evidence sent by Brent Council to police through the National Fraud Reporting Centre:
However in its statement to the Council the Police Service stated:
Surely our three MPs, Glenda Jackson, Barry Gardiner and Sarah Teather, should get behind the Council's request to the police to think again about taking the investigation further, and to a conclusion. It is certainly a demand that I am right behind.
Meanwhile the upcoming second Andrew Gillick planning application process must be halted until the case is concluded one way or another.
Below you will find a redacted version of the evidence sent by Brent Council to police through the National Fraud Reporting Centre:
It is clear from this that the Council know the IP addresses and as the last sentence states much of the investigation work had already been done. They also make clear that there would be financial gain from the fraud ' the profit on sale after conversion. Clearly a considerable sum/Council’sSupportingInformationStatement toPoliceTheattemptedfraudconcernsfalserepresentationtogetplanningapplicationapprovedbysubmittingfalsesupportingcommentstothecouncil.Theapplicationhasbeenmadebyadeveloper,AndrewGillick,ofPlatinumLandLtd,forconversionoftheexistingvacantbuildingtoprovide3one-bedflats,3two-bedflat&onetwo-bedhouseandcommunityspaceongroundfloorandbasement.TheplanningapplicationwasmadebyKensalRisePropertiesLtd,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.Onallapplicationsthecouncilhasconsultationwithresidentsandothersandreceivedasignificantnumberofobjectionstotheproposal.Unusually,thecouncilalsoreceivedahighnumber,176,supportingcommentsthroughitson-lineconsultationsystem.Almostallofthesearefalse.Theyemanatefrom5separate IPaddresses,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.Thenamesandaddressesgivenonthesupportingcommentsdonotmatchwithofficialrecordsheldbythecouncil,i.e.falsenameshavebeenassociatedwithrealaddressesandtheemailaddressesprovideddonotexist.Althoughtheplanningapplicationwasrefused,thesupportingcommentsmayhaveaffectedtheprocess.Theattemptedfinancialgainassociatedwiththefraudisnotknownbutwouldrepresenttheprofitonsaleafter conversion.MuchoftheinvestigationworkintotheIPaddresseshas alreadybeendone.
However in its statement to the Council the Police Service stated:
It appears that the Police Service think a form of identify theft, possibly carried out for financial gain, in a planning application process, is of no concern to the people of London or Central Government.ThePoliceService has finite resourcesand itisonlyrightthat theseresources are directedtowardscrimesthataresolvablewitha proportionatelevelofinvestigation.AsaPoliceServicewealsoneedtochanneloureffortstowardspreventinganddetectingcertaincrimetypesthatthepeopleofLondonandCentralGovernmenthaveidentifiedasbeingpolicingpriorities.Ihaveexaminedyourallegationandconsideredawiderangeoffactorswhendecidingifthismattershouldbefurtherinvestigatedbypolice.Includedinmyconsiderationisthelikelihoodofdetectingandbring anoffender tojustice.
Surely our three MPs, Glenda Jackson, Barry Gardiner and Sarah Teather, should get behind the Council's request to the police to think again about taking the investigation further, and to a conclusion. It is certainly a demand that I am right behind.
Meanwhile the upcoming second Andrew Gillick planning application process must be halted until the case is concluded one way or another.