Yet she gets much of her information about planning proposals, crime and so on from the internet.
Cherwell District Council's planning committee discussed proposals for the 707-space site in Banbury on Thursday.
The comments were made as peers discussed how the Localism Bill's proposals on planning should take sustainable development into account.
The planning application also includes proposals for the final stages of coal recovery from the mine, which is operated by Celtic Energy.
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When the new government came in, one of the first things it did was abolish regional planning strategies and controversial proposals for eco-towns.
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Planning officials advised against proposals for the out-of-town site, off the A590 towards Swarthmoor, because it was a piece of greenfield land earmarked for industry rather than retail.
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter said he was against the plans, but Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore is still planning to discuss the proposals with world football's governing body.
Rona Burt, Forest Heath council cabinet member, said there were no planning reasons to reject the proposals.
Planning officials had recommended the proposals be refused at the meeting on Tuesday.
Colin Macleod, head of the Co-Op in Jersey, said it was "utterly unbelievable" that the planning department was unhappy with proposals for the new St Helier store.
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The council had earlier lodged a "holding objection" to the proposals, but planning chiefs pointed out that only a small part of the line would come into the authority's area, having a minor effect.
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Police had to guard the planning meeting last year where the proposals were approved after a threat was made to council staff.
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Planning (Amendment) legislation to include proposals to clarify and strengthen development control.
He told the Times newspaper that the government had the right "aspirations" but the proposals currently did not allow planning authorities to make decisions in a "balanced way".
If approved the proposals would be subject to planning permission.
"We have spent over six years researching and developing our proposals and have worked with planning and environmental experts to ensure that our planning application was robust and thorough, " he said.
Planning officers have recommended rejecting the current proposals.
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The Women's Development Minister in Rajasthan, Zakia Innam, said in an interview with the BBC that the proposals will also improve family planning in the state because they would help reduce the number of under-age pregnancies.
What was more striking than the fact that kids had used roses, t-shirts, even a turtle to ask their paramours to the dance was that the planning and execution of some of these proposals were months long in the making.
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It is believed Tewkesbury Borough Council will argue the authority is working on a housing plan - which is not yet finished - and that the planning inspector should have given its draft proposals more thought before making his decision.
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However, the Weensmuir Farmhouse proposals did win favour with both planning officials and councillors.
The Football Supporters' Federation has launched a petition against the proposals on their website and are planning campaign meetings next week.
The project is subject to planning permission and a period of consultation will take place before the city council's planning committee meet next month to discuss the proposals.
Those proposals were put forward in a Contingency Planning Team (CPT) report for the health watchdog, Monitor.
Highland Council's planning, environment and development committee will consider the proposals next week.
There are proposals to restrict a number of estate planning tools, including grantor retained annuity trusts and family limited partnerships.
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Kitts-Nevis National MAB Committee has a key role and functions including, Advocacy and support of sustainable development, promotion and monitoring of scientific research, planning and management of Biosphere reserves, approval of Biosphere Reserve Proposals, capacity development of the local communities in resource management and environmental protection, the conservation of biological diversity.
An Israeli official has described the proposals in the E1 zone as "preliminary zoning and planning work".
The council will consider the proposals on 7 December, after which an application for planning permission could be submitted.
The proposals were expected to go before the council's planning committee this month, but are currently on hold while archaeological surveys are carried out on the land.
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