ZigZag Inquiry
A public inquiry is to be held into an alternative lifestyle project in Glastonbury
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ZigZag Inquiry
James Garrett takes a look at the background to a public inquiry into a building hosting alternative lifestyles in Glastonbury.
Chris Black is the first to acknowledge that the Zig Zag building he owns in Glastonbury is "different." However, he insists, "That doesn’t mean we should have to go."
He was speaking to Somerset Confidential® after learning that a planning inquiry will determine the fate of the 1930s building, once part of the Morlands sheepskin factory and now providing an opportunity for off-grid urban-living.
The inquiry, to last four days in April and be chaired by a planning inspector, was called after Mr Black appealed against two enforcement notices issued last autumn by Somerset Council. Their effect, if implemented, would be to shut down the site.