INVESTIGATORS are still looking into the case of a top Kirklees Council official – five months after allegations first came to light.
In March it emerged that principal planning officer Hamish Gledhill had connections to development company Princegate Estates.
Kirklees launched an investigation into the issue in March because the code of conduct governing council officers requires them to get prior approval before taking outside work.
But yesterday a council spokesman said: “The process is still ongoing.”
Mr Gledhill had been involved in compiling Kirklees Council’s Local Development Framework, which could lead to 28,000 new homes being built by 2028.
But he was removed from working on the controversial blueprint when news of his links to Princegate emerged.
Mr Gledhill began work as a senior planning officer at Kirklees in June, 2005.
He is believed to have started his involvement with the company in 2006 when he became the West Yorkshire contact for the developer.
Mr Gledhill is thought to have ended his association with the company in 2008.
The planner is also being investigated after it emerged he was the director of a company called Velsheda. The firm, which was set up in 2006, is registered to his home address on New Hey Road at Mount.
